Ógra Shinn Fein says NO! 2 Lisbon

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | news report Wednesday February 20, 2008 18:29 by NO! 2 Lisbon - Ógra Shinn Féin osfnational at yahoo dot ie

Ógra Shinn Fein activist, Áine Downes along with Mary-Lou McDonald MEP addressed a packed conference hall last Friday at what was Sinn Fein’s first public meeting on the treaty of Lisbon.

Addressing the conference Ógra spokesperson Áine Downes said:

“It is true that Ireland has seen many benefits as a result of its membership of the EU. However not all have been good and the treaty of Lisbon contains more of the bad than the good.

“The erosion of our neutrality, loss of democracy, the move towards common foreign and defence policies, the indirect pressure which will be placed on public spending and the promotion of nuclear power through the EURATOM treaty are only a handful of reasons to vote no in this referendum and there are many many more.”

“When I see a treaty that protects our neutrality, promotes our environment, secures our public services, then and only then will I vote yes. Until then however I will be voting NO! 2 Lisbon and would urge everyone to do the same”.