Where now for Lisbon after the Green vote?

national | eu | other press Sunday January 20, 2008 13:56 by Cedar1

Analysis of the Green Party's decision yesterday on Lisbon published on the Cedar Lounge Revolution.

Analysis of the Green Party's decision yesterday on Lisbon published on the Cedar Lounge Revolution.

"...The Greens are calling for plaudits for the fact that they had an open debate and reached a decision democratically. Leaving aside Gormley’s imaginative interpretation of that vote I suppose, grudgingly, one must acknowledge as much though frankly attempting to lecture other political parties for not doing the same kind of misses the point. No left-wing party would need to debate opposition to Lisbon any more than it would need to debate support for public services or opposition to privatisation. Basic left principles such as support for democracy, opposition to neo-liberalism, opposition to centralisation of unaccountable power and so on make opposing the Treaty a bit of a no-brainer."

http://cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/party-rejec...m-up/