'All Europeans must have chance to vote on Lisbon' - Tynan 12/05/2008 - 08:33:50
The Workers’ Party have said that if the European Union is to be democratic then it must accept that the people of the EU have the right to a say on its political, economic and social direction.
Cork Workers’ Party chairman Ted Tynan said that there was a very serious democratic deficit at the heart of the European Union.
A statement from the Party read: "Major changes in the union’s legal and political structures such as those envisaged by the Lisbon Treaty should be discussed and participated in by the whole people of the European Union rather than being handed down in a patronising and undemocratic 'we-know-best' manner.
"We are constantly being lectured that we must be ‘good Europeans’ but surely being a good European must also mean having a real say in how Europe is run.
"The European Commission and governments cannot expect the people of Europe to merely take their word that the Lisbon Treaty is good for them. People should have the right to decide what type of European Union they want and not simply accept the Lisbon Treaty as if it were a spoon of cod liver oil being administered to a defiant child", said Mr. Tynan.
"Perhaps if the EU commission stopped talking down to the people and listened to their needs they would learn something", said Mr Tynan.
"Information is what people want, not innuendo or intimidation", declared Ted Tynan.
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The Workers’ Party have said that if the European Union is to be democratic then it must accept that the people of the EU have the right to a say on its political, economic and social direction.
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