[Imc-lwg-general] Nice Treaty
anne moloney
annemoloney7 at eircom.net
Tue, 16 Jul 2002 21:22:59 +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. =
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. 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. =
Amanda Moloney IMC volunteer
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Ireland. At the=20
moment we have begun making plans for the re-run of the Nice =
referendum. =20
For the weeks leading up to and during the referendum we are planning to =
open a=20
temporary centre to which we will be inviting groups to do a series of =
talks=20
both pro and against the treaty. And also discussions on =
alternatives to=20
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from EU=20
countries and countries that are up for enlargement as they will all be =
affected=20
by the treaty but their publics are not getting a say. There are =
also=20
suggestions from anti-treaty groups that there may be an attempt to hold =
mass=20
demonstrations in Dublin in the days before the referendum. We =
would like=20
to invite members of the IMC=92s around Europe to come and we offer the =
facilities=20
of the centre to you. Please contact me at <A=20
href=3D"mailto:amandacarol@eircom.net">amandacarol@eircom.net</A> with =
any=20
questions or to let us know if you plan to come. We can=92t say =
for certain=20
at the moment what dates this will be as our government has yet to call =
a=20
polling date but it will most likely be late October- early=20
November. For those not aware of the situation it is =
that our=20
constitution currently prevents any treaty being signed in Europe =
without a=20
referendum. So for the Nice treaty Ireland was the only country to =
have a=20
referendum. And if even one country rejected it, it was not to go=20
ahead. This has not entirely been the case. Last summer we =
held the=20
referendum, which was surprisingly defeated by, roughly 2 to 1. =
Instead of=20
accepting that our government apologised to the EU for us, as they said =
we had=20
voted wrong and told them to go ahead with the treaty they would make us =
vote=20
again. The EU has gone ahead with a number of projects, which they =
needed=20
ratification for and we are been sent back to the =
polls. 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
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