Democracy campaigners to make their point at Irish embassies

CAMPAIGNERS arguing for greater democracy in Europe are making their views known outside Irish embassies in various EU capitals this weekend.

The European Referendum Campaign (ERC), an umbrella group for NGOs and campaigners from different member states, is holding events outside the embassies “to congratulate the Irish for holding a referendum denied to 487 million Europeans”.

Their argument is that the Lisbon Treaty should have been put to a referendum in every member state.