Allister delighted by Lisbon rejection
13 June 2008
Traditional Unionist MEP and long-time opponent of the EU Constitution and Lisbon Treaty, has greatly welcomed the outcome of the referendum in the Republic of Ireland and called on Gordon Brown to immediately abandon the ratification in the UK.
Speaking in Belfast Mr Allister said:-
“I greatly welcome the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in the Republic of Ireland. This is good news for democracy and accountability right across Europe. The carefully crafted conspiracy among European leaders to by-pass their people and deny referenda, which was deliverable everywhere except the Republic, has exploded spectacularly in their faces.
Now the EU must live by its own rules and bin the treaty. It is clear that to survive it required ratification in every member state. It has failed this test and it will now be a test of the honesty and integrity of EU leaders as to whether or not they accept this democratic outcome. I suspect, as with the rejected Constitution, we will see furious machinations to change the rules and try and keep the treaty alive.
I call on Gordon Brown to immediately abandon the ratification process in the UK and to pledge that any attempt to revive Lisbon will be met by a referendum in the UK.”
