WE ARE three MEPs from different Swedish political parties who hope for a no vote in your referendum. We believe this would be good not only for Ireland, but also for millions of other Europeans. An Irish no would be a democratic call for a better type of European cooperation than what is now being proposed.

European Union politicians are preparing for a showdown over a bill overhauling the EU’s chemicals policy, one of the most far-reaching and intensely lobbied pieces of legislation in recent years.