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Sign the contract for a weaker Ireland - Kenny

Written by Libertas
Thursday, 01 May 2008
"Enda Kenny devoted only one paragraph of a lengthy speech at his party's Lisbon campaign launch to discussing the Treaty of Lisbon, - he spent the rest of the time waffling on about EU membership in an attempt to sell the Irish people a dodgy contract", Libertas Campaign Director David Cochrane said today. During the launch, Mr. Kenny spoke at length about the benefits of Ireland's relationship with Europe, - a point on which there is no disagreement between Fine Gael and the "No" campaign, and devoted a large amount of time to raising the spectre of marginalisation in the event of a "no" vote. He devoted only one paragraph to discussing the contents of Lisbon in the whole of a lengthy speech. Responding to the Fine Gael Launch, Mr. Cochrane said: "We get it Enda. You think Europe's been good for Ireland. So do we. However, unlike Fine Gael, we do not blindly believe that everything that comes from Europe is worthy of our support, and this Treaty is particularly lacking in merit. The "Yes" campaign has failed to learn their lessons. The Irish people are intelligent enough to discern between EU membership, which we voted on in 1973, and the future of the EU, which we will vote on in six weeks time. They are mature enough to realise that while Europe is good for Ireland, not everything that comes from Europe is good for Ireland. We have raised issue after issue about Lisbon. Today, Enda Kenny dismissed those issues with one-liners, instead of giving the people of Ireland the debate they deserve, and he professes to want. Let's have that debate. For example, let's debate agriculture. Mr. Kenny told the Government recently to veto the World Trade Talks to protect Irish agriculture. Why doesn't he tell Irish farmers that he is asking them to vote away that veto? He is asking the people of Ireland to vote away their seat on the commission. He is asking them to halve their vote at the most important decision making body in the EU. He is asking them to support his interpretation of fuzzy language on taxation. You are asking them to hand over our veto in 60 policy areas. Be honest with the people Enda. You want Irish farmers and businesspeople, along with the rest of us, to sign a contract for a weaker Ireland."
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