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What part of 'No' did you not
understand? 27.08.08
SINN FÉIN Councillor
Pádraig MacLochlainn has called on Donegal Fianna
Fáil representatives to "stand up to their
government" and oppose a re-run of the Lisbon
Treaty.
MacLochlainn who is director of his party's 'No to
Lisbon campaign' was responding to Minister of State
for Europe Dick Roche's comments that the Government
may re-run the Lisbon Treaty referendum. |
Minister Roche's
comments are yet another example of a government
without a plan to tackle the political reality that
the Lisbon Treaty is finished. There is no political
crisis in Europe as Minister Roche has suggested.
Rather there are crises in health, education and
employment here at home that should have the full
concentration of the Government," said Cllr
MacLochlainn.
Since its No vote success, Sinn Féin has published a
document entitled ‘A Better Deal for Ireland and the
EU’ which addresses issues such as the loss of |
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a permanent
commissioner, declining democracy within the EU, the
strengthening of key vetoes, the removal of all self
amending clauses, public services and workers rights
and a number of aspects of common foreign and
defence policies.
“Sinn Féin is the only political party to have
produced such a document. The others have chosen
instead to spend the passing months finger pointing
and indulging themselves in a blame game."
The Buncrana-based councillor said his party's
demands are "practical and deliverable".
“It is time the Government stopped trying to
circumvent the Irish people and instead knuckle down
to the job at hand. The Lisbon Treaty is finished
and rerunning the proposition for a second time is
simply not an option," he said. |
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