The plan by the Government to issue pro Lisbon Treaty postcards to households around the country is a naked bit of opportunism essentially to get the Fianna Fail view out at the expense of the taxpayers. The fact is that more than half the taxpayers rejected the Fianna Fail/Government position on Lisbon one year ago. [...]
Updated: Joe Higgins in the Media on Lisbon II
On June - 22 - 2009
Joe Higgins will be on Questions & Answers on RTE 1 today (Monday 22nd June 09) today at the earlier than usual time of 9:30pm, discussing Lisbon. He was also on Morning Ireland on Friday. To listen to Joe’s interview on Morning Ireland click here. To watch Questions and answers online live log on to: [...]
Lisbon: Round Two – A bosses charter, despite ‘guarantees’
On June - 18 - 2009
Less than two weeks after the Euro Election campaign a Euro related charade is about to be visited on the Irish people. We are now being told that the FiannaFail/Green Party Coalition Government will present us with the Lisbon Treaty for a vote in late September or early October as soon as the EU Heads [...]
Video: Vote Joe Higgins No. 1
On June - 4 - 2009
Final election broadcast of Joe Higgins – a fighter for workers, young people and the unemployed. Two key reasons to vote Joe Higgins No. 1 Wipe out Fianna Fail, & strike a blow against the entire political establishment Elect a a real fighter for working people – a workers’ MEP on a workers’ wage who [...]
Market system is killing our planet
On June - 3 - 2009
A new report from the Global Humanitarian Forum warns that we are in the middle of a “silent crisis” as climate change is killing 300,000 a year. Climate change and its effects are already impacting on the world. Article written by Stephen Boyd, editor of the Socialist The report states that more than 300 million [...]
EU Guarantees Don’t Change the Militarisation in Lisbon
On May - 30 - 2009
When it comes to the thrust toward militarisation of the EU firmly implanted in the Lisbon Treaty, no guarantees can change what are very categorical dictates to Member States. The three specific issues which I wish to highlight in this regard are: 1. The extinction of the right of Member States to follow a foreign [...]
Joe higgins on media spin and No to Lisbon
On March - 29 - 2009
The Campaign Against the EU Treaty, CAEUC, launched a report revealing the extent of RTE’s, Irelands national broadcaster, failure to adequately provide a fair and balanced coverage to those who were opposed to it. Here, Joe Higgins of the Socialist Party, outlines his response to the report and to any future referenda coverage. Joe Higgins [...]
