* The Constitutional Implications of the Treaty of Lisbon [Updated]

The Constitutional Implications of the Treaty of Lisbon
- Giving the EU the constitutional form of a Federal State
Introduction: The peoples of Europe do not want to be turned into citizens of an EU Federation run on most undemocratic lines that would be under the effective control of the political elites of France and Germany.  They [...]

An Open Letter to Stephen Collins (Political editor, The Irish Times)

The National Platform EU Research and Information Centre
24 Crawford Avenue
Dublin 9
Tel.: 01-8305792
Web-site nationalplatform.org
Thursday 6 August 2008
Dear Stephen,
In your Irish Times article last Saturday you call on the Government to ratify the Lisbon Treaty regardless of the 12 June referendum result.
It is strange that a political correspondent of a major national newspaper should seek to become [...]

*Treaty of Lisbon: Not just another EU treaty

LISBON - NOT JUST ANOTHER EU TREATY

Below are the two key sentences of the amendment which you will be asked to put into the Irish Constitution on Thursday 12 June. If people vote Yes they will be giving the European Union the constitutional form of a Federal EU State, in which Ireland would [...]

[21/01/2005] They don’t like the EU Constitution? Quick, send in the force

THE TIMES, London, Friday 21 January 2005: World News

They don’t like the EU Constitution? Quick, send in the force

By Anthony Browne, Brussels Correspondent

THE European Parliament is to establish a “rapid reaction force” to address
what it considers to be unfair criticism of the European constitution in any
EU member state.

The move has angered opponents of [...]