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    Sinn Féin North Tipperary Cllr. Seamus Morris criticized Fine Gael and Labour for their stance during the Lisbon Treaty campaign, saying they ignored warnings that approving the treaty would allow greater EU interference in Ireland's economic affairs and lead to reassessment of its tax system. Morris stated that during the Lisbon campaign he pointed out the promises of jobs and recovery were oversimplified and false, and that Sinn Féin correctly warned the treaty would reduce Ireland's economic sovereignty, but they were dismissed. The recent increased EU scrutiny of national budgets, as Morris predicted, appears to show Sinn Féin was right about the consequences of the Lisbon Treaty.

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    Sinn Féin North Tipperary Cllr. Seamus Morris criticized Fine Gael and Labour for their stance during the Lisbon Treaty campaign, saying they ignored warnings that approving the treaty would allow greater EU interference in Ireland's economic affairs and lead to reassessment of its tax system. Morris stated that during the Lisbon campaign he pointed out the promises of jobs and recovery were oversimplified and false, and that Sinn Féin correctly warned the treaty would reduce Ireland's economic sovereignty, but they were dismissed. The recent increased EU scrutiny of national budgets, as Morris predicted, appears to show Sinn Féin was right about the consequences of the Lisbon Treaty.

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    Sinn Féin North Tipperary Cllr. Seamus Morris criticized Fine Gael and Labour for their stance during the Lisbon Treaty campaign, saying they ignored warnings that approving the treaty would allow greater EU interference in Ireland's economic affairs and lead to reassessment of its tax system. Morris stated that during the Lisbon campaign he pointed out the promises of jobs and recovery were oversimplified and false, and that Sinn Féin correctly warned the treaty would reduce Ireland's economic sovereignty, but they were dismissed. The recent increased EU scrutiny of national budgets, as Morris predicted, appears to show Sinn Féin was right about the consequences of the Lisbon Treaty.

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    For immediate release 25th May 2010

    Economic consequences of Lisbon were


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    Speaking this morning, Sinn Féin North Tipperary Cllr. Seamus Morris said
    that Fine Gael’s recent crocodile tears over the EU’s announcement over the
    upping of the level of scrutiny of our national budgets were hypocritical given
    their stance during the Lisbon campaign.

    He said:

    Either Fine Gael and Labour have amnesia or they had no understanding of
    what they were voting on. During the Lisbon campaign I repeatedly pointed
    out that the ‘yes for jobs’, ‘yes for recovery’, ‘vote yes for jobs’ slogans were
    far too simplistic and in fact false promises. When we in Sinn Féin said that
    the Lisbon Treaty would allow greater EU interference in our economic affairs,
    that Ireland’s tax system would be up for re-assessment and that the
    harmonisation of tax systems across the EU would be an eventuality, we
    were dismissed as being paranoid or introspective. Unfortunately, what we
    feared and warned against appears to be the reality. We need to protect our
    economic sovereignty at EU level and control our national fiscal policies.
    ENDS

    For comment on this please contact Cllr. Seamus Morris on: 0872859125

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