Charter helps immigrant workers to undermine Irish wage agreements

THE Lisbon Treaty will lead to a full-blown constitutional revolution in the Irish State, undermining the ability of the people democratically to determine their own political and economic future.

At the core of this constitutional revolution is the transfer of huge power to the European Court of Justice which may interpret the charter of fundamental rights (CFR).

The explanatory memorandum — as prepared by the presidium of the convention which drafted the charter on the interpretation of article 52 of the CFR — states: “It is well established in the case law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that restrictions may be imposed on the exercise of fundamental rights, in particular in the context of a common organisation of the market.”