Speaking at a press conference in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Joe Higgins launched the Socialist Party’s campaign against the Lisbon Treaty. “On 2 October, the Irish people are being obliged to vote again on a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, having rejected this one year ago. Today, we give notice of our intention to [...]
Joe Higgins MEP lashes coalition of establishment parties for Presidency of European Parliament
On July - 15 - 2009
Here Joe Higgins MEP talks about his first day in the european parliament, and how all the establishment parties in Ireland were part of a ´grand coalition´ to elect Jerzy Buzek as president of the parliament. Former Polish Prime Minister, Jerzy Buzek, was elected as the President of the European Parliament today. He was the [...]
Lisbon II set for October 2nd
On July - 8 - 2009
Following the announcement of 2 October as the date for the Lisbon Treaty Referendum, we intend to mount a vigorous campaign of opposition to the Lisbon Treaty. We will campaign with other groups opposed to Lisbon who share a similar view to the Socialist Party. The establishment will attempt to portray the vote on the [...]
Joe Higgins MEP condemns wasteful pro-Lisbon postcards
On July - 7 - 2009
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. [...]
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 [...]
Joe Higgins on Greens’ “Squalid Opportunism”
On May - 19 - 2009
The Green Party’s endless capacity for political posturing while in Opposition has obviously lost nothing in translation to government, as its call for a renegotiation of the Programme for Government shows. Recent opinion polls have shown clearly that the Green’s were delusional in imagining that they could escape opprobrium for their government’s savage onslaught on [...]
Joe Higgins Denounces OECD’s Push to cut Dole
On April - 30 - 2009
“OECD imply that the unemployed should be pauperised – they want to create a reserve army of very cheap labour the aim of lowering wages” The paper Activation Policies in Ireland presented by the OECD to today’s ESRI Conference in Dublin strongly implies that benefits should be cut for the unemployed. The thrust of the [...]
