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Joe Higgins - Socialist candidate for Dublin in the European elections

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Tuesday April 13, 2004 15:21

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Dublin Euro election hots up as Higgins puts hat in ring

Joe Higgins has announced thathe will stand in the upcoming Euro elections in the Dublin area. Also running from the left are Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald and the Green Party's Patricia McKenna MEP. The SWP are rumoured to be still considering standing Richard Boyd Barrett in the Euro election. From the establishment parties, FF are running two candidates, Labour also are running two, Fine Gael on and the PD's are still considering whether or not to stand. Below is an edited version of a statement on the SP site.

Joe Higgins, Socialist Party TD for Dublin West, will be the Socialist Party's candidate in the European election for the Dublin constituency.

The Socialist Party will fight the election on the general theme of the need to build a democratic, socialist Europe where the needs of working people come before the ruthless drive for profits by the multinational corporations. In particular, we stand against the privatisation agenda of the E.U. Commission, that is fully accepted by the FF/PD Government. The privatisation of our telecom industry shows graphically what privatisation is all about.

In many E.U. countries at present, there is a systematic attack on the pension rights of public sector workers. The Irish Government has just recently pushed though legislation that means workers like teachers and civil servants will not be able to get a pension until they are 65, no matter how many years' service they have.

Joe Higgins will raise the drive toward the militarisation of the EU as a crucial issue. Scandalously, the Irish Government is currently overseeing the co-ordination of an E.U. armaments industry as part of its Presidency of the E.U. Obscenely 55 billion euro is spent by E.U. Governments each year in the manufacture of weapons.

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Comments (51 of 51)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Good and not so good	Left Unity	Tue Apr 13, 2004 18:51
2	Agreed	john mc dermott	Tue Apr 13, 2004 19:30
3	European Elections	socialist	Tue Apr 13, 2004 23:45
4	socialist is a troll	sp (personnal capacity)	Wed Apr 14, 2004 00:51
5	Not a troll	socialist	Wed Apr 14, 2004 01:07
6	Don't you just love Newspeak	Prole	Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:27
7	Welcome, but too late	Janus	Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:25
8	SWP are oppurtnunists	voter	Wed Apr 14, 2004 12:03
9	As pointed out at the time	Joe	Wed Apr 14, 2004 12:19
10	Now that SF are all things to all people.....	Amused socialist	Wed Apr 14, 2004 13:09
11	Rattling the cot	Left Unity	Wed Apr 14, 2004 14:22
12	This stuff is mad	Pleased	Wed Apr 14, 2004 17:15
13	why bother	joe for pope. he has a better chance.	Wed Apr 14, 2004 17:27
14	Yes...	me	Wed Apr 14, 2004 17:31
15	Pleased is right - as is amused socialist.	Mr Ed	Wed Apr 14, 2004 17:37
16	Answer	A wandering member of the SP (personal capacity)	Wed Apr 14, 2004 18:19
17	Good luck Joe!	Graham C	Wed Apr 14, 2004 18:25
18	Adult Debate	Left Unity	Thu Apr 15, 2004 14:23
19	No consistency	Amused sociallist	Thu Apr 15, 2004 15:13
20	Answer	A Wandering Member of the SP (still personal capacity)	Thu Apr 15, 2004 17:07
21	Identity revealed?	The pun master	Thu Apr 15, 2004 17:07
22	Nope.	A Wandering Member of the SP (still personal capacity)	Thu Apr 15, 2004 17:10
23	Unity?	hs	Thu Apr 15, 2004 17:25
24	Reply	Left Unity	Thu Apr 15, 2004 17:56
25	What is in the interest of the working class and sectarianism.	john throne	Thu Apr 15, 2004 18:21
26	LAW AND ORDER- JOE MOONEY NOT LEFT WING	Cynic	Thu Apr 15, 2004 19:18
27	Correct	Here Here	Fri Apr 16, 2004 02:38
28	Hasty response	WM	Fri Apr 16, 2004 13:39
29	Indeed	Activist	Fri Apr 16, 2004 14:11
30	WCA	dermot	Fri Apr 16, 2004 14:16
31	SP	DC	Fri Apr 16, 2004 16:56
32	Not yet but....	The man beside the man	Fri Apr 16, 2004 17:33
33	Working Class should police area not cops	SIPTU member	Fri Apr 16, 2004 17:42
34	Vote Joe Higgins	socialist	Sun Apr 18, 2004 15:20
35	law and order	larry byrne	Sun Apr 18, 2004 16:04
36	Policing	Jimmy	Sun Apr 18, 2004 16:16
37	Sorry socialist	Nel	Mon Apr 19, 2004 12:44
38	Bullshit	Anti Bin Tax	Mon Apr 19, 2004 14:03
39	SP Actions	OABA	Mon Apr 19, 2004 14:15
40	Facts	Tom	Mon Apr 19, 2004 14:23
41	idiots on indymedia	joe maxi	Mon Apr 19, 2004 14:41
42	Trolls should join the PDs	troll watcher	Mon Apr 19, 2004 15:10
43	They Left Because they Could Not Accept Democracy	tintin	Mon Apr 19, 2004 16:52
44	Come Back Wandering Member!	Left Unity	Mon Apr 19, 2004 17:01
45	F**king unbelievable!!	Stalins airbrush	Mon Apr 19, 2004 17:21
46	Not going anywhere.	WM	Mon Apr 19, 2004 19:51
47	What Democracy?	Disgusted	Mon Apr 19, 2004 20:05
48	The only response this troll is getting from me.	WM	Mon Apr 19, 2004 20:13
49	Well said	No to the trolls No to the puppies	Mon Apr 19, 2004 20:28
50	Credibility	john throne	Tue Apr 20, 2004 04:29
51	WM	Disgusted	Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:53

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