Pro-Lisbon treaty campaigners reject McCreevy remarks

THE Yes to Lisbon campaign has lashed out at EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy once again for making comments which it believes could help defeat the treaty a second time.

Former European Parliament president Pat Cox, who is leading a new organisation seeking to pass the treaty in the second referendum in October, yesterday accused Mr McCreevy of making “sweeping, false and entirely groundless” remarks.

Mr McCreevy recently claimed that 95% of member states would probably have rejected the treaty if they had held referendums.