The EU Versus the Irish Republic: What Does It Mean?
Most Irish citizens simply do not want a European superstate. This is the basic message of Ireland's startling "no" vote on the Lisbon Treaty. But the much more powerful European elites clearly want it very badly! Bible prophecy strongly indicates that forces for federal unification ultimately will prevail in Europe--bringing about a new superpower.
by John Ross Schroeder
With its rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, the Irish Republic has defiantly stood in the gap. The British Labour Party (now the party of government) failed in principle to keep the commitment made in its last election manifesto to have a referendum. The Lisbon Treaty is just a papering over of the already rejected European Constitution, since the actual contents are about 98 percent the same.
The convenient change in terminology from a "constitution" to a "treaty" provided the excuse the EU member nations needed to avoid referendums.
A treaty for a superstate
One Irish citizen voting in Cork, Treasa O'Brien, said, "This Treaty will increase militarization and neoconservatism of Europe. I'm pro-European, but the EU started as an economic system. This treaty will turn the EU into a superstate" (Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2008, emphasis added throughout).
Recently I was in the Republic of Ireland for a few days on Church business, and I never heard a good word about the Lisbon Treaty. One person in Dublin Connolly railway station was speaking against it and giving out written material advocating a "no" vote.
Several key elements of the Lisbon Treaty render it very dangerous to the sovereignty of the individual nations of the European Union. These include the creation of a full-time president, powers to develop a single European foreign policy and defense system and yet more power for the European Parliament. Much national sovereignty has already been lost over the years.
