Last week was an eventful one. The early part of last week saw Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche quoted as describing those who oppose the Lisbon Treaty as follows: “Eurosceptics, some from very shadowy backgrounds, some from the extremes of the left or the right in European politics, few who have been elected and [...]

Now that the national referendum campaign on the Lisbon Treaty has really kicked off, as the Green Party’s Spokesperson on Europe it is interesting to look back at what has happened in the party in relation to the treaty over the past few months. It has been a very interesting time! 

I suppose the first public [...]