Gilmore launches drive for Lisbon yes vote

THE Lisbon treaty will create a more effective, democratic Europe, which will serve its citizens better, Labour leader Eamon Gilmore said yesterday.

Launching his party’s campaign for a yes vote, Mr Gilmore said Lisbon was “first and foremost” a citizens’ treaty.

“Whereas the Single European Act was about the internal market, Maastricht was about economic and monetary union, and Nice was about enlargement, Lisbon is about creating a more democratic union,” he said.