98th PLENARY SESSION
Thank you, Chairman. Chairman, I would like to welcome the Taoiseach to the Forum. As the Taoiseach knows, we are now into the last few weeks of the campaign on the Lisbon Treaty and I know that he himself very strongly encouraged his party to become involved in the activities in terms of promoting the Treaty [...]
95TH PLENARY SESSION
Thank you, Chairman. Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh Gerry Adams anseo inniú agus tá súil agam go mbeidh díospóireacht spéisiúil againn faoi Chonradh Lisbon.
I would like to welcome Gerry Adams here this morning and I hope we have a very interesting ‑‑ I am sure we will ‑‑ debate and discussion about the Lisbon [...]
Maurice Hayes ■ Chairman of the National Forum on Europe
I am Maurice Hayes I am the chairman of the National Forum on Europe. The forum was established by the Government and political parties in 2001. Its mandate is to provide a neutral public space for discussion and issues relating to the European Union, and Ireland’s [...]
The Green Party spokesperson on European Affairs, Senator Déirdre de Búrca, has told a public meeting in Portlaoise that the Lisbon Treaty would help the European Union to play a more effective role at global level. The meeting in the Heritage Hotel is one of a series being organised by the National Forum On Europe [...]
93RD PLENARY SESSION
Thank you, Chairman. Chairman, I would like, on behalf of the Green Party, to welcome President Barroso to the Forum here today and thank him for his presentation.
Just two issues I would like to raise with him. I suppose the first one is to do with the perceived democratic deficit of the European Union. And [...]
91ST PLENARY SESSION
Thank you, Chairman. Chairman, I would like to welcome both speakers to the Forum and to thank them for their presentations and also to welcome the opportunity to discuss the institutional arrangements under the Lisbon Treaty. I think most of us would agree that a large part of the Lisbon Treaty is about introducing new institutional changes [...]
90TH PLENARY SESSION
Thank you, Chairman. Chairman, I would like to thank both speakers for their presentations. The question I want to put is about the EU trade policy and I will address that to Peter Sutherland, if I can, just given his background as former Director General of GATT and the World Trade Organisation.
I was very struck by a [...]
89TH PLENARY SESSION
Thank you, Chairman. Chairman, I would like to welcome Jens‑Peter Bonde to the Forum today and just to say that I have great admiration for Jens‑Peter for all of the work that he has done over the years in terms of trying to promote greater democracisation of the European Union. I think he has produced an [...]
88TH PLENARY SESSION
Thank you, Chairman. I would like to welcome Commissioner Wallström to the Forum and to thank her for her talk. I think the title of her address today Giving more power to the people is very relevant and timely. Because while in the debates about the Lisbon Treaty there is a recognition that there [...]
Green Party European Spokesperson Senator Déirdre de Búrca has said the Lisbon Treaty is good for the environment. Speaking at a public meeting organised by the National Forum on Europe in Kilkenny tonight, Senator de Búrca said that the Treaty contained many positive and important environmental provisions.
Senator de Burca said: ”The Charter of Fundamental Rights [...]
