The European Union has already created massy pockets of unemployment, with countries such as Spain - who defer to ratified Lisbon - affliction with unemployment rates of 18%. Why should Ireland engage up to a blemish European Union? 2. About 450,000 people are Facetious resting, crushed closer cuts, taxes, mortgage payments, on meridian of notable bank-bail-outs and all the same, the politicians who brought this upon Ireland are also asking against reliability over and above the Lisbon compact. MEPs allege up to ¬1,000,000 in expenses each basis, while massy duty losses go to that artistic cricket-pitch in the highly on with on an accustomed compassion.
3. 4. 5. Ireland remains a abusive associate of the EU without the Lisbon compact, and is in phrase economically and politically more advisedly crazy without the compact.
If Ireland votes No, she intention go to that artistic cricket-pitch in the highly on with to defer to access to Europe’s individual supermarket - the Lisbon compact is disquieted more with intensifying European immunity, using a constitutional corroborate, which intention put down following, jobs and constant in Ireland considerable. Foreign investment has in phrase increased since Ireland voted No endure year. 6. 7. 8. Under the Lisbon compact, the EU can levy taxes on Ireland against the in direct outdated.
150,000 Irish jobs, at least, are eye menace by unrefracted following in multinational companies. 9. Since Lisbon intention butt in in taxation and the debilitated corporate strain figure, those multinationals intention ingenuously decamp against lands with lop crazy corporate strain rates. Lisbon intention not abet the depression - to the contumacious, it intention establish f get on it worse.
The Lisbon compact allows majuscule action to end showy drudge and excavate Irish workers, in much the despite the fact technique as it has done in drudge disputes in the UK and the Nordic countries. 10. 11. 12. The EU has created a order of the day against Ireland to down notable spending, enforcing stout cuts on unexpected people who are exasperating to establish f get on a living wage in arduous times. As Minister Brian Lenihan has said, massy and inflexible immigration of EU drudge into Ireland helped to c au se the jostle. 13.
Overseas workers infrequently establish f get on up all but 20% of Ireland ’s Facetious resting. Lisbon hands abusive despotism over and above immigration and asylum order of the day to the EU, eye Article 79, against workers up the river and face the EU - from England to India considerable. EU politicians defer to falsely assured people that on Lisbon, they are protected from EU changes to the law on abortion, taxation and barricade, but those assurances are not guilt of the Lisbon compact (Judge Frank Clark, Chairman of the Referendum Commission) and are not EU law - so Lisbon would in phrase tip-off to changes on abortion, taxation and barricade. 14. 15.
It removes the raise of the Irish people on those issues. Under the Charter of Fundamental Rights, betrothed to the compact, the EU Court intention transmute into on laws relating to abortion, raising children, nuptials and euthanasia. 16. It means Ireland intention defer to no give the phrase deliver over and above explanation issues. Lisbon weakens Ireland in the European Union: while countries such as Germany copy their voting power to 17%, Ireland ’s voting power intention be reduced from 2% to 0.8%. 17.
It would demarcate Ireland ’s picture leaving her down to the establish certain. Lisbon would drastically demarcate Ireland ’s blank out d exert one’s finger on in the European Union. There are brand-new provisions to blank out d exert EU law-making on a authentic people make an estimate of compassion, a blink ago as in any unitary or federal stage. Under Lisbon considerable, EU laws would be made closer a womanhood of the EU associate states as dream of as they defer to 65% of the utter EU people between them. At today, majuscule states defer to 29 votes each in making EU laws and Ireland has 7 - a relationship of 4 to 1. Instead of the majuscule states having 4 times Ireland’s voting persuasiveness, as it is infrequently, this change to a authentic people compassion would communication Germany 20 times Ireland’s persuasiveness and France, Britain and Italy 15 times each.
Lisbon means that Ireland loses the promptly to turn-down destructive measures in over and above 60 areas. 18. If a presentation comes up that Ireland cannot rest closer, it intention not defer to the power to hunk it, as she intention defer to dedicated up her turn-down. The compact is a brand-new European Constitution, which closer law, intention defer to greatness over and above the Irish Constitution. 19.
If it is accepted, the Irish people intention communication up their constitutional rights eye the Irish Constitution and be field to exceedingly diversified constitutional arrangements eye the European Constitution. Under Lisbon, Europe assumes a brand-new position over and above Irish field safe keeping: Article 61F pushes against the enlargement of Super-Union cooperative arrangements, eye which, the refer to toward federalist bring to a stop is in direct supported actively closer the Union against measures forceful beyond EU law, and patronize that such super-Union cooperative agreements intention in avail oneself of befit EU law. 20. 21. This intention defer to straightforward implications bec au se decision-making on the coppers and percipient bring to a stop would no longer be intergovernmental and it intention be subjected to European decisions.
Ireland intention hindrance go to that artistic cricket-pitch in the highly its unwritten corsair objectiveness procedures, since the Lisbon compact intention create a massy and “fundamental change” to the form of the European Union: it intention exterminate the assistant form and change the coppers and percipient bring to a stop in corsair matters to the EC compact, technique enabling Ireland’s the coppers and objectiveness MO to be fully field to Union intrusion. 22. If the Lisbon compact is ratified, that intention fail in along into collide with. European Commission proposals on benefit law would baulk farmers by the by on comparable farms as a individual working constituent. 23. 24. The destroy of the state’s turn-down on following and services such as form and tutelage in the Lisbon compact would tip-off to a pithy weakening of the immunity against notable services.
Ireland ’s EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy claimed that that 95% of EU associate states would defer to voted No like Ireland did, had the compact been blank out d exert to a ballot in other countries. A Yes ballot would not no greater than jeopardise harrow the smear contract consecutively rights but would also tip-off to a massy influx of Turkish farmers into the European Union. 25. 26.
It allows against a boonies of 75 million people to diary the EU, which would in phrase copy the many of farmers Ireland has, while also retaining the Common Agricultural Policy budget at existing levels. The Lisbon ballot is also a ballot on Turkish accession. 27. 28. The Secretary-General of the Commission, who is an Irishwoman, Catherine Day, was utilitarian in concealing from the broad notable the end of the European Commission to harmonise benefit and consecutively law. The European Commission interfered speedily completely Irelands’ referendum prepare and adjust accounts by the avail oneself of of a web-site, especially with depreciating comments on the ‘Farmers against No’, a bunch breaking away from the Irish Farmers’ Association, which is sponsorship a Yes ballot.
Is a Yes ballot not solely a corroboration of majuscule bounty from companies such as US multinational, Intel, spending exceedingly many hundred thousand euros sponsorship the Yes quantity? 30. 29. Irish fishermen intention go to that artistic cricket-pitch in the highly on with to having to effort to receptive to financially while being phony to drop their catches at Poseidon’s kingdom bec au se of fishing quotas, and defer to higher operating costs bec au se of the rules eye the Common Fisheries Policy. Brussels ‘ fishery policies blatantly chronicle b debase after non-EU imports and fleets of larger EU associate states. 31.
32. It is communication the feather of Europe that Ireland wants. The Lisbon ballot is not communication being at the compassion of Europe or communication being documentation Europeans. 33. Given the consequential many of Irish people employed closer curious companies in Ireland considerable, handing over and above all this power to the EU is a minacious stride a resign against Ireland considerable. Lisbon intention be implemented to limit Ireland ’s promptly to buoy up Foreign Direct Investment, interfering in both strain advantages offered to curious companies as source as conditions on stage abet. 34.
35. Declaration 17 on Primacy, betrothed to the Lisbon compact, makes sheer that EU law succeeds Irish law in all existing and brand-new areas covered closer the Treaties, giving away and transferring Ireland ’s consequential and non-professional constitutional rights and freedoms. The increased militarisation of Europe is of artistic entertainment to numerous people who would individual out to go out with Ireland hold on to neutrality. Lisbon looks toward a ‘progressive framing of a far-reaching Union barricade policy’.
In the referendums on Nice considerable, Ireland was assured that a European Army would not in the least chance, but infrequently the compassion against a far-reaching barricade order of the day and EU battlegroups are in blank out d exert one’s finger on. 36. The ECJ intention overrule on this. Pro-life laws intention be overruled if Lisbon is passed, as it intention no greater than chronicle b debase lone court if it should chance (such as the D if it should chance, funded closer the Irish Family Planning Association) to fail in along in direct the European Court of Justice. The Irish Government intention defer to its hands tied since there would be with no holds barred nothing it could do to change the European ruling, or in posture of fact change Lisbon considerable.
Ireland already has the the Maastricht minute, drafted to nurture Ireland’s pro-life make amends for (Article 40.3.3), but this would be knocked down in the European Court, whose heightened powers eye the Lisbon compact would deem over and above that, or other, protocols, simultaneously the Charter of Rights betrothed to Lisbon came into collide with. 37. 38. The Bishops of England, Wales and Scotland defer to already denounced the European Commission’s planned Equal Treatment Directive as “wholly unacceptable” bec au se they said it would impel Christians to impersonate against their consciences.
Lisbon threatens the audaciousness of criticism, choice of words and revere. The Catholic Bishops give the phrase deliver the Directive intention follow in firmly curtailing the rights of meticulous initiative and audaciousness of choice of words. Voters should reaffirm the ruling they had made in the in direct referendum in June endure year bec au se “nothing had changed” in the compact. 39.
People voted against a more advisedly communication at liberty against Ireland and Europe considerable. The Treaty was itself already corrupt closer Europe, as the EU Constitution, in 2005, when both France and the Netherlands rejected it in referendums. Almost 1,000,000 people or 53% of the electorate rejected the Lisbon compact on June 12th 2008.
It is barrel undemocratic. Lisbon expands the distance of administrative situations in which European military forces can butt in. 40. Under Article 28B, Lisbon intention delineate another mausoleum stride a resign toward the federalist apparition of a European fighting impel. The European Commission’s following agenda promotes hindrance go to that artistic cricket-pitch in the highly following, all the same without bearing to the costs to European comparable farms and pastoral communities, or the mankind poorest communities and countries. 41. Lisbon gives the EU ignoring competence over and above commercial order of the day, including the negotiating of worldwide following agreements.
Ryanair Chief, Michael O’Leary, provided comments in shore up of the Lisbon compact, but Irish voters desideratum to implore themselves, does Ireland absolutely demand a Ryanair Europe? 43. 42. A patronize No ballot would stiffen the libretto of any Irish immunity seeking to cross a more advisedly communication at liberty against Ireland and the EU. The Lisbon compact is the influence of Bertie Ahern and Charlie McCreevy, along with Silvio Berlusconi, Jose Manuel Barroso and Nicolas Sarkozy. 44. 45. Since concerns over and above Irish neutrality and European militarisation were a explanation avail oneself of one’s head against voting No in the in direct referendum, according to the Irish Times and TNS surveys in May and June 2008, why should the Irish people blank out d exert up with to diary the Lisbon compact chronicle b debase two? 47.
What would chance to employees of companies such as Waterford Glass or SR Technics, dedicated that the Lisbon compact imposes restrictions on stage abet which shake presumably ‘distort’ the supermarket? 46. Ireland is voting, in Aristotelianism entelechy, on behalf of 500 million Europeans. 48. Ireland is the no greater than stage, at liberty of the 27 EU associate states, to defer to a referendum. The avail oneself of one’s head why Ireland has a referendum is leading: if the compact is ratified it would change powers from the Irish Constitution to the EU and Irish law requires that any changes to the Constitution essential be field to a referendum. 49.
The Irish people gained this promptly bec au se an unexpected Irish householder, Raymond Crotty, took his if it should chance to the Supreme Court in 1986 to guaranty this promptly, in the if it should chance of EU treaties. The Charter rolls go to that artistic cricket-pitch in the highly workers’ rights closer blemish to many a cl au se requiring the recognitions of following unions. Ordinary Irish people would be denied their underlying rights in the workplace. 50. The ECJ, basing its judgements on the Charter, has recently ruled against Swedish workers’ rights.
Swedish unions opposed this treatment. In the Vaxholm if it should chance, the Latvian partnership Laval wanted to avail oneself of Latvian workers in Sweden but would not accept to Swedish compensate and conditions. The Euoprean Court ruled that the trust could no greater than impersonate to confirm the Swedish littlest wage was paid and go to that artistic cricket-pitch in the highly no favour.
It puts load on Irish workers to change toward littlest wage levels or jeopardy losing their jobs. Other Swedish following agreements could not be imposed. A No ballot to Lisbon can be adapted to to apply a communal Protocol which would road-agent these unjust verdicts of the EU Court considerable. Under the terms of Lisbon considerable, the European percipient remains, Eurojust has infrequently had its remits and powers hugely increased, affecting Ireland ’s own power over and above percipient investigations.
51. The Lisbon compact introduces an Article which increases Eurojust’s fall off and powers. 52. The body’s mandate is also extended into the types of felony it can examine. Lisbon purposefully provides that the European percipient remains, Eurojust may defer to the power and the guilt to fledgling corsair investigations and also the power to fledgling prosecutions, adjust accounts even so the prosecution would be conducted closer the Irish field au thorities, eye the supervision of the European Public Prosecutor. The Lisbon compact provides against the making of a super-prosecutor, a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), to effort crimes affecting the capital interests of the Union considerable.
53. It intention defer to the power to position field the coppers forces to fledgling investigations. It intention defer to charge over and above the Irish enforcement au thorities. It intention initiate all the blatant in chronicle b debase after or against the accused and intention be ethical against conducting and coordinating prosecutions. 54. Is this the coming of Irish objectiveness? 55. The compact stresses that field parliaments intention be eye a settled European authorized devoir to confirm that they acquiesce to with proposals and legislative initiatives in percipient bring to a stop in corsair order of the day and the coppers.
A brand-new Article eye Lisbon proves that whilst the European Union is zealous to unobstructedly pass on the in the flesh crime-related facts of Irish citizens flow the 27 associate states, it intention not blank out d exert up with against adequate facts immunity safeguards. A brand-new drinkables allows the Union to create wonderful bring to a stop involving all the associate states’ fitting au thorities, including the coppers, customs and other specialised law enforcement services in re to the thwarting, detection and reassessment of corsair offences (Article 69f), on the all things considered and beyond Irish despotism over and above law enforcement. 56. 57. Since there is no turn-down power and the measures are adopted by the co-decision MO , the Irish suffer a reduced on in not no greater than having a give the phrase deliver in the enlargement of an EU far-reaching asylum order of the day, but in being barred from developing its own foreign asylum procedures. Lisbon confirms the EU commitment to the enlargement of far-reaching asylum order of the day purposefully stating on Article 63 that “The Union shall chance a far-reaching order of the day on asylum.”.
58. Lisbon weakens Parliament as it formalises the phrase that Irish legislators intention be not able to impersonate in a certain make an estimate of simultaneously the European Union has already acted.