Why not veto farming sellout?

THE fact that each EU member state has the power to veto a world trade agreement, as confirmed by Seán Ó Neachtain MEP (Letters, May 26) helps to move forward the debate on the Lisbon Treaty.

But it begs the question: why then has the Government refused to say plainly that it will use its veto to stop Peter Mandelson selling out Irish and European agriculture?

What really worries farmers is the very fact that the Government has given no such commitment whatsoever in advance of the Lisbon referendum.