Dear Irish people,
Please imform yourself of the facts and vote yes.
The Lisbon Treaty is not about deciving ciziens. It is about replacing all the previous treaties with one treaty making all the rights and legislation easier to access as well as codefing all the judical law.
The charter of rights sets outs the rights of citizens clearly so citizens can ensure they are enforced. The main purpose of European law is to set minium standards to which all memeber states must adheer to. This covers areas such as employment, safety, housing and health.
It seems that many people I have talked about this with voted no because they did not understand the issues or were angry at the goverment. Most people who are educated and actually understand the treaty can tell you that it does not actually change much. All the major parties, with the exception of Sinn Fein were united in promoting the treaty. Admitedly they did a very poor job of this but as we can read in the papers every day it is rare thay can agree and the opposition always able to pick holes in even mostly sound policies (voting machines anyone).
Why do I think I am qualified to write on this? I have a law degree, I elected to study E.U law in dept during my studies. I also have a degree in Public and Social Policy so I also have a background in Ecomonics, Politics, Sociology and Policy. I live in Brussels but I will be returning home to vote yes.
Please don't listen to scaremongering. At this trying ecomonic time we need to be united more than ever.
Is mise le meas,
Chickeypie B.A L.L.B
(the only time you will ever see me pompously using my acamdemic qualifcations on this site