Here we go again
This blog was started on May 15, 2008, to fight for a more democratic EU and, therefore, against the terms of the pre-constitutional legalistic text called Treaty of Lisbon, with a post containing only this declaration:
(Click on the title to read it in English, or click on the following links to read the same text in other language: português, français, deutsch, nederlands, español.
Sixteen months later, the deafness of our politicians forced many of us back to the fight.
This time, this blog will be used more as a support to others better organized, advertising initiatives and actions, reporting news and results.
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Good humor is essential to maintain the moral high in any army, even the one who fights for peace and democracy.
After the Irish voted down the Lisbon Treaty last week, French President Nicolas Sarkozy had this to say: "A lot of Europeans do not understand how we are shaping Europe right now and building Europe, and we have to take account of that. . . . We have to change our way of building Europe." […] (OPINION, Let ‘Europe’ Vote, By KYLE WINGFIELD, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE, June 17, 2008, Brussels)
[…] So, I am certain of this: even if the Eurocrats, by sleight, blackmail and gerrymander, manage to yoke together the disparate, brawling menagerie from the Vistula to the Corrib, and Gibraltar to the Barents Sea, they’ll never plough a straight furrow. Never. Just watch. (Independent.ie, ‘No’ vote gives us all a chance to take fresh look at Europe, By Kevin Myers, Tuesday June 17 2008)
Europe’s century
A vanishing Europe and lifestyle
We’d vote with our feet if the EU gave us half a chance
Il faut construire l’Europe en respectant les peuples
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