Open Europe have responded to the so-called 'promises' made to the people of Ireland with regards to the Constitutional Lisbon Treaty today. They point out that the Irish will be made to vote on the exact same Lisbon Treaty as they rejected first time around and that none of the empty 'promises' carry any kind of weight or binding.
Open Europe's director Lorraine Mullalley writes: "The outcome of this latest round of EU backroom deals is pretty clear – the Irish people will be asked to vote on exactly the same text they rejected last year – which is precisely what the Irish government promised not to do".
She concludes: "Forcing Irish people to vote again on exactly the same Treaty, while simultaneously telling them they have listened to their concerns is an extension of the shocking dishonesty that saw EU leaders trying to pretend that the Lisbon Treaty was different from the Constitutional Treaty rejected by France and the Netherlands. This is EU politics at its worst".
A detailed analysis of what has supposedly been offered to the Irish (conclusion - absolutely nothing) is provided in this PDF file from the Open Europe site.
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