[IMC-bristol] Nice Treaty
anne moloney
annemoloney7 at eircom.net
Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:56:27 +0100
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I am contacting you from IMC Ireland. At the moment we have begun =
making plans for the re-run of the Nice referendum. For the weeks =
leading up to and during the referendum we are planning to open a =
temporary centre to which we will be inviting groups to do a series of =
talks both pro and against the treaty. And also discussions on =
alternatives to it.
We will be inviting groups from all over Europe, particularly from EU =
countries and countries that are up for enlargement as they will all be =
affected by the treaty but their publics are not getting a say. There =
are also suggestions from anti-treaty groups that there may be an =
attempt to hold mass demonstrations in Dublin in the days before the =
referendum.
We would like to invite members of the IMC's around Europe to come and =
we offer the facilities of the centre to you. Please contact me at =
amandacarol@eircom.net with any questions or to let us know if you plan =
to come.
We can't say for certain at the moment what dates this will be as our =
government has yet to call a polling date but it will most likely be =
late October- early November.
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For those not aware of the situation it is that our constitution =
currently prevents any treaty being signed in Europe without a =
referendum. So for the Nice treaty Ireland was the only country to have =
a referendum. And if even one country rejected it, it was not to go =
ahead. This has not entirely been the case. Last summer we held the =
referendum, which was surprisingly defeated by, roughly 2 to 1. Instead =
of accepting that our government apologised to the EU for us, as they =
said we had voted wrong and told them to go ahead with the treaty they =
would make us vote again. The EU has gone ahead with a number of =
projects, which they needed ratification for and we are been sent back =
to the polls. =20
We have been told by our government and by EU commissioner Chris Patten =
that we were stupid and selfish for voting no which is why there is now =
a movement to invite people in Europe to come here and tell us what they =
actually think as we know many people are opposed to the treaty but our =
mainstream media seems to ignore the fact.=20
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Amanda Moloney
IMC volunteer
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government=20
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those not aware of the situation it is that our constitution currently =
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style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So for the Nice treaty Ireland =
was the=20
only country to have a referendum.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
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referendum, which was surprisingly defeated by, roughly 2 to 1.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Instead of accepting that our =
government=20
apologised to the EU for us, as they said we had voted wrong and told =
them to go=20
ahead with the treaty they would make us vote again.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The EU has gone ahead with a =
number of=20
projects, which they needed ratification for and we are been sent back =
to the=20
polls.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =20
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style=3D"mso-ansi-language: EN-IE"><FONT size=3D3><FONT face=3D"Times =
New Roman">We=20
have been told by our government and by EU commissioner Chris Patten =
that we=20
were stupid and selfish for voting no which is why there is now a =
movement to=20
invite people in Europe to come here and tell us what they actually =
think as we=20
know many people are opposed to the treaty but our mainstream media =
seems to=20
ignore the fact. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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