Funeral ceremony in Brussels of EU treaty .

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Saturday October 11, 2008 21:26

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NO Means NO

Today in Brussels representatives of the belgian people (Attac, Onzezeg, Notremotadire, CAP ao.) burried the Lisbon Treaty at the bourse in the centre of the Europeen Union.

People of Europe want their say on the EU.They want the referendums to be respected; This Treaty is not democratic and not protecting our social security. The non democratic way the EU is constructed over our heads is getting dangerous for our freedom and democracy our parents fought for!.

The policy of EU treaties, the European Commission, is to commercialise public services. Flowing from competition policy, the commission forces state providers to compete with private companies in the supply of public services.What will become the poor or week citicen in this junglefight?

These liberal EU strategies have led us to the recent global financial crisis which will not stop: 80 % of our national laws are dicted by the EU.

More actions will follow this week.

Funeral of EU Traety at the bourse in Brussel

The Lisbon Treaty would further militarise the EU. It calls for increased military spending by all member states and requires them to make facilities available for EU military activity.

the EU if agreed on decides the way public services are financed (Art 14 TFEU). The new treaty specifies that there should be an energy market, which entails continued privatisation of energy systems (Art 176a TFEU). It will favorise Nuclear Power plants in stead of sustainable energy.This treaty would give the EU trade commissioner (not elected!) much more leverage to make international trade agreements leading to privatisation of health, education, social and cultural and audiovisual services (Art 188c TFEU).

The treaty would also give the EU the power to set economic guidelines for member states that use the euro (Art 114 TFEU), and to decide a common position at international discussions with the International Monetary Fund or the World Trade Organisation (Art 115 TFEU). Member states would have to increase military spending and allow the EU to use military and civilian facilities for military purposes (Art 27.3 and 27.7 TFEU).

Supporters of the Lisbon Treaty claim the inclusion of the Charter of Fundamental Rights ensures that the values of a “social” Europe are protected.

The rights accorded by this charter are in fact very weak or vague. The right to a workplace and to employment is not set down: the only right mentioned is the “right to engage in work ... the freedom to seek employment, to work...” The right to social security is replaced by a simple “entitlement to social security benefits and social services”. But this is limited “in accordance with ... national laws and practices” (Art 34).

There is no requirement for trade unions to be recognised in the treaty!

This treaty is a step backwards when compared with the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Art 23) and the French constitution, which says that “everybody has the right to employment” and that “[the state] guarantees everybody the protection of their health and material security”.

The free trade and capitalistic policy of the EU is difficult to unite with environnemental protection or workers rights, even if the aim is mentioned in the traety, it is too contradictory and an illusion.

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