Funeral ceremony in Brussels of EU treaty .

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Saturday October 11, 2008 21:26

by Valentine - www.onzezeg.be

info at onzezeg dot be

NO Means NO

Today in Brussels representatives of the belgian people (Attac, Onzezeg, Notremotadire, CAP ao.) burried the Lisbon Treaty at the bourse in the centre of the Europeen Union.

People of Europe want their say on the EU.They want the referendums to be respected; This Treaty is not democratic and not protecting our social security. The non democratic way the EU is constructed over our heads is getting dangerous for our freedom and democracy our parents fought for!.

The policy of EU treaties, the European Commission, is to commercialise public services. Flowing from competition policy, the commission forces state providers to compete with private companies in the supply of public services.What will become the poor or week citicen in this junglefight?

These liberal EU strategies have led us to the recent global financial crisis which will not stop: 80 % of our national laws are dicted by the EU.

More actions will follow this week.

Funeral of EU Traety at the bourse in Brussel

The Lisbon Treaty would further militarise the EU. It calls for increased military spending by all member states and requires them to make facilities available for EU military activity.

the EU if agreed on decides the way public services are financed (Art 14 TFEU). The new treaty specifies that there should be an energy market, which entails continued privatisation of energy systems (Art 176a TFEU). It will favorise Nuclear Power plants in stead of sustainable energy.This treaty would give the EU trade commissioner (not elected!) much more leverage to make international trade agreements leading to privatisation of health, education, social and cultural and audiovisual services (Art 188c TFEU).

The treaty would also give the EU the power to set economic guidelines for member states that use the euro (Art 114 TFEU), and to decide a common position at international discussions with the International Monetary Fund or the World Trade Organisation (Art 115 TFEU). Member states would have to increase military spending and allow the EU to use military and civilian facilities for military purposes (Art 27.3 and 27.7 TFEU).

Supporters of the Lisbon Treaty claim the inclusion of the Charter of Fundamental Rights ensures that the values of a “social” Europe are protected.

The rights accorded by this charter are in fact very weak or vague. The right to a workplace and to employment is not set down: the only right mentioned is the “right to engage in work ... the freedom to seek employment, to work...” The right to social security is replaced by a simple “entitlement to social security benefits and social services”. But this is limited “in accordance with ... national laws and practices” (Art 34).

There is no requirement for trade unions to be recognised in the treaty!

This treaty is a step backwards when compared with the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Art 23) and the French constitution, which says that “everybody has the right to employment” and that “[the state] guarantees everybody the protection of their health and material security”.

The free trade and capitalistic policy of the EU is difficult to unite with environnemental protection or workers rights, even if the aim is mentioned in the traety, it is too contradictory and an illusion.

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Lissabon Treaty was found dead in Brussels today

More than 50 people attended the 'Funeral' ceremony

Brussel centre the Bourse

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a joined initiative

by Valentine - onzezeg

Tue Oct 14, 2008 09:38

Of course this was a Joined inititive of ATTAC in Belgium as you can see with the flaggs and banners....
At the Malmo meetings and other was decided to act upon the EU traities .
Attac organised this small and Nice event.

good work Attac

by corrupt commissoner

Tue Oct 14, 2008 15:50

you brought the fight to the heart of the EU empire. I hope it inspires people in other EU countries to stand up for their rights and to win the right to have their own referendums on EU treaties which have been used to covertly seize power from the national level and hand it over to the political elite in brussells.

Is Lisbon Really Dead?

by thisisnotamerica

Sat Oct 25, 2008 06:17

Hi:
Today, October 24, 2008, Sarkozy told the world that what is needed is a "new global governance." Since this global governance would depend upon a compliant and corporate EU, North American Union and Pan Asian Union, I'm not sure how he could claim this without assurances that the Lisbon Treaty will, in fact, be ratified, with or without Ireland's permission.

Also, what, as a practical matter, can the average Brit do to put this ugly treaty business to sleep forever?

Thanks.

Fine, but then what...?

by Doodydydy

Mon Oct 27, 2008 19:48

To deny Europe is to condemn us all to insignificance, fine, whatever your views, but the reality is that for Europe, the critical size to exert influence in the world is clearly no longer at a Member Sate level but at European level. What weight does the voice of Belgium have or most of the other EU MS during large international trade negotiations with China; or discussions on air traffic control with the United States; or take the recent response to the current economic crisis (which reminds me, where would Ireland be if it had not received such massive support from the EU coffers... You can downplay it all you like). There is as such a clear need for Europe to have a common front, and a European Constitution would give Europe the legal basis to support this common front, and we already have one by the way, it is just the EU does not say so. The treaties are no different to a Constitutional Chater (ECJ ruling 1986). Define it more clearly if need be, restrict it where it needs to be restricted or amend it in accordance with what we need, but don't kill it. First point is the fact that Europe is incapable of political union considerably weakenes us. Second, despite having twenty seven Member States with a combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP) higher than the United States, Europe is far from having any equivalent political weight in international trade. Third, even with Europe being the biggest financial donor and lender in the world, it is still denied representation and influence in international finance institutions in favour of the US, and soon... China.
There is however at the same time a general agreement that the EU needs to be made more efficient and more effective and democratic, but with fears of the EU becoming too powerful. Either you want a Europe or you don't. As people can clearly recognize between which aspects would give rise to a European Super State (the EU already signs treaties by the way), and those aspects that are necessary to make Europe more effective, the debate needs to be separated between a political and an institutional one... Should the political debate not be resolved, it should not prevent an improved and more effective EU. If you condemn the EU, you would have to reinvent it later...

Europe-wide: direct, acitve votes for European citizens'

by BeaC

Thu Feb 19, 2009 20:04

bea.c75 at web dot de

Direct elections in Europe are possible.

Please notice the Link I found on an Austrian Website: www.we-change-europe.eu
Do you know the alternative to vote Europe-wide?

Best Regards
Bea

Ganley according to Quinn

by watching

Fri Feb 20, 2009 01:21

David Quinn, former editor of The Irish Catholic and now a columist for the Irish Independent, sounds off on Declan Ganley as a 'Maverick who terrifies Europe', in the current issue of the new conservative British publication, Standpoint. How ungracious of him not to mention the giveaway paper Alive, edited by a Dominican priest in Tallaght, which has been a formidable critic of EU structures and agendas for several years before Ganley's dramatic appearance on the Irish anti-Lisbon scene. Is he peeved that The Irish Catholic sells less than 25,000 copies per issue, while more than 250,000 copies of Alive are brought home from churches every month?

Link: http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/maverick-who-terrifies-e...eland

e-votes

by Robert

Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:55

robert_m62 at web dot de

Germany

I saw that we can vote at the We Change Europe-Website for two European topics.

Its a nice votingtool, easy. But the Treaty of Lisbon isn't ratified?

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Funeral ceremony in Brussels of EU treaty .

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