Save Our Democracy (SOD!)!

international | rights, freedoms and repression | opinion/analysis Friday December 09, 2011 00:24 by Pól Ó Cionsalaígh paulbkinsella at gmail dot com An Chúlóg, Báile Átha Cliath 17 0851478100

A Chara, Our 'leaders' are trying to wave through a terrifying Merkel/Sarkozy plan that would abolish our right to choose sane economic policies and that would permanently ban vital public spending - all to appease big banks. But we live in a democracy and we should have the right to vote on any permanent changes to how Europe operates, and together, we can stop our leaders trashing our democracy and our jobs.

Panicked by big banks, Europe's governments want to change our constitutions and the EU treaty to permanently ban vital public spending. This is nuts: in the 1930s such spending was precisely what allowed Europe and the US to escape the Great Depression. Europe needs to toughen up and regulate the banks, not tie our governments' hands to make them happy. We live in a democracy -- so Europe's leaders should not be able agree to this plan themselves -- they need to come up with solutions that have the approval of the people or our Parliaments. We need a massive call to force our 'leaders' to respect democracy, regulate the banks, reject austerity, and invest in our future. Is Mise