People must be included in EU debate

IF anything was learned from the Irish Government’s inept handling of its first Nice Treaty referendum, it was the crucial importance of involving people in debate about issues that profoundly change their lives.

People must be included in EU debate

Hopefully, this lesson will not be lost on the Coalition as talks open in Brussels on the controversial question of forging a common constitution for a new European super-state.

Basically, the 105-member Convention is discussing how the European Union should be run in the future. With far-reaching reforms of the EU on the agenda, the meeting marks a significant acceleration of the drive towards a new power-bloc called the United States of Europe.

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