Here Joe Higgins criticises the interference of the European Commission in the Lisbon Treaty debate in Ireland and the campaign of fear of the Irish government. The President of the European Commission, Mr Barroso, and his Commission have been interfering in the debate in Ireland on the Lisbon Treaty which is to be voted on [...]
No to NAMA – Join the protest!
On September - 16 - 2009
Today the government has outlined it’s plans for the National Asset Managment Agency – a digusting bailing out of the banks. Here Joe Higgins restates his fundamental opposition to NAMA, and calls on working people to turn out on Saturday’s demonstration against this obscene bail-out. The banks now being bailed out for their reckless lending to greedy speculators [...]
Joe Higgins Second Speech in Parliament
On September - 15 - 2009
Speaking for in the European Parliament for the second time, Joe Higgins opposed the nomination of Barroso and discussed the debate on Lisbon in Ireland. Here we post the transcript of his speech, to be followed soon with the video. I oppose the nomination of Mr. Barroso as President of the Commission. Mr. Barroso is [...]
Response to claim of ‘balance’ by senior counsel and Dail Committee
On September - 14 - 2009
Yesterday Gerard Hogan SC asserted on RTE Radio 1′s ‘This Week’ programme that the passing of the Lisbon Treaty ‘cannot possibly disimprove’ workers’ rights. Here Joe Higgins replies. It is incredible that RTE can present a well known Fine Gael supporter as an unbiased legal opinion on the Lisbon Treaty. Is it beyond the national [...]
Workers’ Rights, Blair Horan & RTE
On September - 12 - 2009
Blair Horan’s assertion that I ‘falsified’ Charter of Fundamental Rights to ‘support his claim’ – an outrageous slander Yesterday, Mr Blair Horan, General Secretary of the Civil and Public Services Union elevated a minor textual error in a quote from the Charter of Fundamental Rights into a slanderous allegation that I ‘falsified’ and ‘forged’ the [...]
NAMA – Bailing out the rich
On September - 12 - 2009
The government’s NAMA plan amounts to a massive bailout of the banks and developers at the expense of working people. If NAMA is implemented, working people will pay a terrible price for generations. Every year NAMA will cost the exchequer millions which will result in governments justifying cutbacks in vital public services such as social [...]
Response to hysterical accusation of Blair Horan
On September - 9 - 2009
Mr Blair Horan, Secretary of the Pro Lisbon Treaty Charter Group which includes some trade union leaders, issued a press statement today entitled: ”Joe Higgins MEP has stooped to falsifing(sic) the Charter.” This hysterical reaction arises out of a mistake in a quotation from the Charter of Fundamental Rights in one article on this website (www.joehiggins.eu) [...]
