Green Party rejects Nice Treaty No vote claim

THE Nice Treaty is not about the enlargement of the European Union, the Green Party said yesterday.

Green Party MEP Patricia McKenna rejected claims by the Government that the treaty was specifically concerned with bringing the accession countries into the EU.

“There are other ways of enlarging Europe particularly through the Amsterdam Treaty. The changes outlined will come into being regardless of whether enlargement takes place. Most of the Nice Treaty concerns itself with institutional changes that do not directly affect enlargement,” she said.