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About LinkBacksThe title of the post is only accurate inso far as it reflects the headnote summary of the piece. Of course if you take the trouble to read the article itself, you see that the MEPs said nothing of the sort.Originally Posted by kerrynorth
The title of the post is only accurate inso far as it reflects the headnote summary of the piece. Of course if you take the trouble to read the article itself, you see that the MEPs said nothing of the sort.
note that reference to "consequences".
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators
I disagree. I can read.
Well, things often do have consequences. Causal universe, all that.
Never let the best be the enemy of the good.
He is right - the treaty would become a battlefield in the European parliament elections and that's the way it should be in the absence of referenda in the other member states. This is Europe's opportunity to cast a verdict on the despised and rejected Lisbon treaty, especially for the disenfranchised French and Dutch electorates whose govts have violated their sovereignty by defying their no votes with a treaty that is near identical in substance.
The "must" tone from the Eurocrats underlines the increasingly dictatorial and undemocratic tendencies of the Brussels elites. Senor de Vigo, we have seen off worse than you in our history and will not be bullied.
FT:
Sinn Fein is the only political party in Ireland that opposed Lisbon. Do you really think that the European political equivalents of Sinn Fein is going to sweep the Euro elections across Europe in 2009?
Yes. I wish those consequences were clealy spelled out though.
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators
This is an interesting quote all the same
Inigo De Vigo, a Spanish MEP, said they cannot wait that long. “The Lisbon treaty will become a battlefield in the parliament elections and the issues that are really important for the citizens such as the economy, climate change and energy security will be neglected.”
They are terrified that their own citizens should even debate the lisbon treaty in the context of an election. That sentence pretty much sums up what is wrong with the EU.
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On the button TradCat.
Can't have the citizenry interfering with the political seating arrangements.
