I'm fed up with news stories like this one from RTÉ.ie this morning, 'Libertas may run candidates for Europe'. This story gets trotted out every now and then but nothing ever happens with it. There is no talk of registering as a political party or anything like that, as of yet.
The Euro's are only eight months away and any political party (new or old) would basically want to be picking there candidates this month or next so that after Christmas there is a straight run from the new Year to the election.
The next election might also see the first elections for trans-European political parties operating under there own banner, including Newropeans and Europe – Democracy – Esperanto, neither of which seam to be running candidates in Ireland.
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Sunday, October 05, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Hairdressers key to treaty vote
Via The Irish Examiner (Full Story)
Well done to Irish MEP, Colm Burke who has come up with an excellent idea to spread information on the Lisbon Treaty. He has decided to send information to hairdressers after his own experience in one in Cork. Teh hairdresser was told that the treaty would "bring in a new regime about the number of children she could have". I have read the treaty and there is nothing in it on that. He was also handed a leaflet that claimed (not in the hairdressers) that "everyone would have to pay an extra 20% tax to the EU" which again is completely false.
The no campaign is stooping to low after low. Libertas also, in the Irish Examiner, misquoted EU Commissioner Margot Wallström in a letter, which she has blogged about.
What other untruths apart from the usual, Neutrality/European Army, are we going to hear. I'm thinking of compiling a list.
Well done to Irish MEP, Colm Burke who has come up with an excellent idea to spread information on the Lisbon Treaty. He has decided to send information to hairdressers after his own experience in one in Cork. Teh hairdresser was told that the treaty would "bring in a new regime about the number of children she could have". I have read the treaty and there is nothing in it on that. He was also handed a leaflet that claimed (not in the hairdressers) that "everyone would have to pay an extra 20% tax to the EU" which again is completely false.
The no campaign is stooping to low after low. Libertas also, in the Irish Examiner, misquoted EU Commissioner Margot Wallström in a letter, which she has blogged about.
What other untruths apart from the usual, Neutrality/European Army, are we going to hear. I'm thinking of compiling a list.
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