Thread: EU Dictators May Ram Through Lisbon Treaty

EU Dictators May Ram Through Lisbon Treaty Despite Irish Rejection

EU risks losing all legitimacy by circumventing its own laws in pursuit of federal superstate


Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Friday, June 13, 2008


Spearheaded by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the EU and its member states, in their relentless pursuit of a federal superstate, may break its own laws and ram through the Lisbon Treaty despite it being rejected by Irish voters today.

Under EU laws, if one of its member states rejects a treaty, the EU is mandated to scrap the bill. But the European Union's contempt for direct democracy is likely to lead them to ignore the Irish referendum and pursue the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty anyway - underscoring the fact that the EU is nothing more than an illegitimate dictatorship of manufactured consent.

The Lisbon Treaty was merely a crude repackaging of the 2005 EU Constitution that was mothballed after being rejected by France and Holland in 2005, whose citizens were barred from voting this time around.

Since Ireland's constitution mandates that any amendment must be put to a referendum, the country remained the only bulwark against the EU's final stumbling block to creating a federal superstate and completely eliminating all remaining vestiges of sovereignty.

Today's surprise rejection of the treaty has been met with total arrogance by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown whom, according to reports, called French President Nicolas Sarkozy, "to assure him that British ratification would continue."

"The British government is expected to continue ratifying the EU Treaty despite its rejection by Irish voters," reports the BBC.

In addition, EC President Jose Manuel Barroso urged member states to continue ratifying the treaty insisting it was "alive and we should now try to find a solution".

Brown's obsession with sacrificing British sovereignty on the alter of globalism led to him breaking a Labour Party manifesto promise that there would also be a referendum in the UK. Unelected EU dictators are loathe to allow referendums because they know the majority of European citizens would reject further EU integration because they are painfully aware of the destruction it has already wrought on the economy and social cohesion.

The usual tactic of the EU is simply to keep repeating a referendum until they achieve the result they desire.

As the BBC reports, "The Irish voted No to the Nice Treaty in 2001 and were asked to vote again a year later. That time they said Yes. The Danish voted No to the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 - and voted Yes a year later. The French and Dutch rejected the constitution in 2005 and the leaders designed Lisbon instead."

But this time the EU is set to go a step further and simply ignore the decision of the Irish people while breaking their own laws - proving once and for all that the body is completely illegitimate, dangerous to democracy and a de-facto federal dictatorship.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/ju ... hrough.htm

The Bilderberg grp and its puppets are going to ram globalization and slavery down all of our throats whether we vote for it or not. Say goodbye to your national sovereignty EU...They wont enslave me without a FIGHT.

"The usual tactic of the EU is simply to keep repeating a referendum until they achieve the result they desire."

Gee, that sounds familiar.....

David Charter, Brussels
From Times Online
June 19, 2009


Ireland agrees to re-run referendum on EU Lisbon Treaty


EU leaders hope that the Lisbon Treaty will come into force as early as November after Ireland agreed today to re-run the referendum that rejected the controversial document a year ago.

Irish voters will be asked to try again in early October after a series of legal guarantees stating that the treaty will not change Ireland's taxation, abortion laws or military neutrality were agreed by the 27 EU leaders at their summit in Brussels.

If - as polls suggest – they pass the treaty, it will pave the way for a new post of President of the European Council, for which Tony Blair is understood to be a leading candidate. He could be appointed by EU leaders as soon as their next summit in October.

Brian Cowen, the Taoiseach, won assurances that the guarantees would be added to the next EU treaty - likely to be the accession of Croatia in 2010 or 2011 - despite British and Czech fears that this could allow MPs another chance to block the Lisbon Treaty, or open up debate on their country's relationship to the EU.

Lawyers from the British government worked through the night to draft a decision that would meet Mr Cowen's demands without opening a Pandora's Box for eurosceptics.

The EU leaders declared: "The protocol will in no way alter the relationship between the EU and its member states. The protocol will clarify but not change either the content of the application of the Treaty of Lisbon."

However Vaclav Klaus, the eurosceptic Czech President who has likened the EU to Communism, vowed to bring the treaty back to the country's parliament soon if he could for a fresh debate.

Czech MPs passed the treaty earlier this year but it is still awaiting Mr Klaus' signature. He refused to sign to avoid putting extra pressure on Irish voters.

The Lisbon Treaty has been controversial because it was created from the ashes of the failed EU Constitution and contained almost all of the measures it envisaged before being rejected by voters in France and Holland in 2005.

Tony Blair promised a referendum on the EU Constitution but the government refused to call one on Lisbon, arguing that it was a regular treaty and not a constitutional document. The treaty will end the national veto over 50 extra policy areas to "streamline" decision-making by qualified-majority voting.

Mr Cowen, who is expected to announce the firm date for the second referendum on Monday, said: "Together we have agreed a package of legally-binding guarantees that respond positively and decisively to the concerns of the Irish people. Doubts raised about certain issues have been clarified and put to rest once and for all.

"The EU is the means by which we make a meaningful impact on the wider wold in which we exist. The Lisbon Treaty will equip the EU to deal with an unpredictable future. And more than ever we need an effective Europe now."

He added: "I am confident we now have a solid basis to go the Irish people and ask them again for their approval for Ireland to ratify the treaty so Europe can move on."

Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, said: "I'm especially pleased that we have agreed the Irish guarantees. This gives the Irish people all the guarantees they need. It gives me all confidence we will get a Yes vote at the Irish referendum."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 537731.ece

E.U. Coaxing Irish Toward 2nd Try on Lisbon Treaty


By STEPHEN CASTLE
New York Times
Published: June 19, 2009



BRUSSELS — The European Union moved closer Thursday to removing one of the final obstacles to its plans to enact the Lisbon Treaty, a new charter intended to enhance the bloc’s role on the global stage.

Meeting into the evening, E.U. leaders reached agreement on guarantees to offer Ireland and persuade it to hold another referendum on the treaty; the first one was defeated last year, and passage requires all countries to ratify the treaty. Still to be settled was a debate over the legal status of the guarantees within the E.U.

When all the issues are resolved, Ireland is expected to conduct another vote in the autumn, and the treaty could come into force in January of next year.

Opinion polls now suggest that, with the mood in Ireland changed by the economic crisis, a yes vote is likely if a second referendum is held.

The Lisbon Treaty is intended to streamline decision-making, create a new permanent president of the E.U.’s Council, where member states meet, and upgrade the job of the bloc’s foreign policy chief, giving him a team of diplomats. European leaders hope it will give the continent a more powerful, central presence and reduce the nationalistic fissures that have hobbled the 27-nation union as a policy-making body.

Among the assurances Ireland received were that the Lisbon Treaty would not affect the country’s right to set its own taxes or to determine its own policies on issues such as abortion. It also guarantees Ireland’s military neutrality.

But a technical dispute over how the guarantees will be given legal force was still blocking the final go-ahead for a second referendum, to be held in either the final week of September or the first week of October.

In a letter to Gordon Brown, his British counterpart, the Irish prime minister, Brian Cowen, asked for the guarantees to be included in a future treaty as a protocol. “I want to emphasize sincerely,â€

[quote]The fear in Britain is that this could force it to spend taxpayers’ money bailing banks against the wishes of national regulators.

But Thursday, a European diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Mr. Brown had secured a summit declaration that the European supervisory authorities “should not impinge in any way on the fiscal responsibilities of the member states.â€