Window on the EU

Solicitors acting on behalf of former MEP, Patricia McKenna have written to the European Commission warning of legal action if the Commission continues with its campaign on the Lisbon Treaty

Despite massive media bias, the interference of Brussels, the support of big business and the massive amount of money being spent by Yes campaign, it's still too close to call as the Lisbon referendum campaign enters its final week

UNITE, Ireland's second largest trade union is urging its 60,000 members to vote No in the referendum on the Lisbon treaty

Socialist republican group éirígí launched its No to Lisbon 2 campaign at the weekend and warned voters to Never Mind the B****cks spread by the government and mainstream political parties which are urging voters to say Yes

The Peace and Neutrality Alliance in Ireland ‘congratulate’ EU commissioner Catherine Day for ‘coming clean’ on the EU's plans to become a world power

David Granville argues that solidarity with the No to Lisbon campaign is in the interest of working people throughout the EU

As the 2nd Lisbon treaty referendum approaches, Brian Denny reports on the recent launch of the the Vote No to Lisbon coalition in Ireland

Joint statement from the three Trade Union seminars on the ECJ judgments on Laval, Viking, Rüffert and Luxemburg cases at the ESF in Malmö 21 September 2008.

One of Ireland's most prominent anti-EU campaign groups has been presented with the "Clog Award” by fellow anti-EU campaigners in Denmark. It is the third time that Ireland, which rejected the Lisbon Treaty in June, has been presented with the award.

Anti-Lisbon Treaty campaigners claim that a statement by European affairs minister Dick Roche reveals that Irish government is already planning to hold another referendum on the treaty rejected by Irish voters earlier this year

Statements from The People's Movement and Sinn Fein following a meeting In Dublin on Monday 21 July with Fench president Nicolas Sarkozy

People's Movement chairperson today accused the Irish government of being in a state of denial over the result of Lisbon Treaty vote and criticed the French president for scrapping plans to meet with No-vote campaigners

Brian Denny of Trade Unionists Against the EU Constitution explains the impact of the Irish people's historic No vote

A statement on the Lisbon Treaty referendum result by the Communist Party of Ireland

Media statement on the post-Lisbon Treaty situation issued on 25 June by the National Platform EU Research and Information Centre

Prominent European Green MEPs, Caroline Lucas (UK) and Carl Schlyter (Sweden) have sent messages of support to those campaigning for a No vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum

Central to the British Labour government's justification for denying the British people a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty has been that the ‘new’ treaty is fundamentally different. Some of the EU's most senior politicians beg to differ

Those campaigning for a No vote in the coming Lisbon Treaty referendum have welcomed the support of independent TD Tony Gregory

The National Platform EU Research and Information Centre sets out what it sees as the main implications of the Lisbon Treaty and why Irish citizens should vote No in the coming referendum

Irish CND members attending the organisation's recent AGM gave their overwhelming backing to a motion calling for a ‘No’ vote in the coming Lisbon Treaty referendum

Unite, one of Ireland's largest unions is to campaign for a no' vote in the coming Lisbon Treaty referendum

Opponents of the Lisbon Treaty have called upon Irish taoiseach Bertie Ahern to desist from using ‘boot-boy’ tactics and to acknowledge the legitimate concerns of those on the No side of the referendum argument

Prominent figures urge the Irish government to call the Referendum Commission into being well in advance of the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty

Trade Unionists Against the EU Constitution spokesperson Brian Denny exposes the anti-union agender at work within the EU and underscores the need in Britain for a referendum on the currently being debated by the BRitish parliamentremamed treaty

Anthony Coughlan of the National Platform EU Research and Information Centre identifies four important aspects of the proposed revised EU constitutional treaty and explains why democrats everywhere should oppose it

The Irish Democrat's Dublin correspondent, Anthony Coughlan, highlights key developments within the EU with serious implications for democracy, workers' rights and peace

Irish artist Robert Ballagh's new fine-art print, symbolic of Ireland's muffled and dependent state in the European Union, was launched recently in Dublin

The Irish Democrat's Dublin correspondent highlights key EU developments within the EU with serious implications for democracy, public services, workers' rights and peace

The EU Services Directive will create a neo-liberal nightmare if it is introduced after the EU parlimentary vote this month and must be rigorously opposed, writes Eoin O Broin

A recent judgement at the European Court of Justice represents judicial coup d'etat against democratic national governments and the citizens that elect them, writes Anthony Coughlan

British trade unionists gathered in Brighton for the 2005 TUC Congress overwhelmingly rejected the proposed EU constitution as “elitist, militarist, corporate and anti-democratic”

The July bombings in London are being used by Britain to push through intrusive surveillance measures in Britain and Ireland, with the backing of European Ministers, writes the Irish Democrat’s Dublin Correspondent

Anthony Coughlan explains the divergent EU trends now present after the French and Dutch rejections of the European constitution and what the future may hold

Anthony Coughlan outlines the five ‘logical’ legal steps to citizenship of an EU federal state contained in the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe

Statement on the French and Dutch NOs to the EU constitution produced by the Dublin-based The National Platform EU Research and Information Centre

Anthony Coughlan of the National Platform EU Research and Information Centre explains the implications of the French people's rejection of the EU constitution

Sinn Fein launches it capaign against the proposed EU constitution and sets out 13 clear resons why it is not in the interests of the people of Ireland

New pamphlet produced by Trade Unionists Against the EU Constitution (TUAEUC) sets out the case for a no vote in the coming referendum

The Irish Democrat reports on growing trade union opposition to the EU constitution

Hugh MacDonald looks at how deceit is central to the development of the EU-federalist project

Politicus takes a look at the impact on the economies of the euro-zone countries of the falling US dollar

Fourteen good reasons why the left should oppose the EU constitution. Originally drafted by members of the National Platform EU Research and Information Centre it has since been amended following a consultation exercise involving key left activists in Ireland and abroad

Edited text of a short pamphlet produced by the Centre for a Social Europe, London

The National Platform EU Research and Information Centre offers a brief analysis of the ideological nature of the EU constitution

The National Platform in Ireland provides a detailed analysis of ‘The Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe’, signed in Rome on 29 October 2004 by the heads of state and heads of government of the the 25 EU-member states

Stefania Milan of Inter Press Service reports on a call to resist further EU moves to boost privatisation of public services

Unity can stem the tide of privatisation, Bob Crow 
tells European Social Forum

European Union constitution is a threat to jobs, services, rights and democracy, RMT president Tony Donaghey tells the European Social Forum

Politicus reports on some recent developments withingn the EU including: Czech's veto EU arrest warrant; EU constitution referendums latest; resistance to ‘beatification’ of Euro-project founder Robert Schuman

Speaking in a personal capacity at this year's Desmond Greaves Summer School in Dublin, Green Party councillor Deidre de Burca highlights the importance of the democratic defecit at the heart of the European Union

A brief note on the contribution made by development studies expert Andy Storey at the Desmond Greaves Summer School, Dublin, 29.08.04.

The Irish Democrat reports on some key developments within the EU: Czech president vetoes EU arrest warrant; EU diplomatic service to be set up before countries approve it; Vatican resists drive to make EU founder a ‘saint’; This year's secret Bilderberg conference; Commission to interfere in constituitional referendums

Politicus looks at some recent developments within the EU

Politicus explains why politicians are keen to hand more power to Brussels

Irish Democrat Dublin correspondent and prominent anti-euro-federal campaigner Anthony Coughlan warns that the recently published draft EU constitution threatens to undermine democracy throughout Europe

Politicus looks at the latest moves taking us towards federal Europe (February/March/April 2003 edition)

John Murphy outlines ten democratic principles which underpin progressive opinion on the nation, state sovereignty and the European Union (June/July 2002 edition)

Irish National Platform secretary Anthony Coughlan summarises the organisation’s reasons for arguing the folly of the Republic of Ireland decision to adopt the euro. Much of the reasoning set out below can be applied to Britain, where a government announcement of a referendum on the adoption of the euro is widely expected later this year.(February/March 2002 edition)