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Greg Pope · 23-01-2008, 09:04

I voted for the Lisbon Treaty because it is good for Britain to be part on an enlarged EU. We got all our the opt-outs and in other areas there will be majority voting - something which is necessary now that the EU has 27 countries in it.

There has been a lot of rubbish written about the Treaty (although not on Accyweb!) but Parliament is surely the right place to ratify it, where it will be debated in detail for a full month in the Commons in great detail. Someone mentioned earlier in thread that we had joined a Common Market and not a European Union, and I think that's right. Perhaps we should have a vote once and for all if we want to stay in EU? For all its faults I think we are much better off in it.

23-01-2008, 09:04	#26
Greg Pope Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 65 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: who represents Hyndburn 9Accrington and district) in Europe I voted for the Lisbon Treaty because it is good for Britain to be part on an enlarged EU. We got all our the opt-outs and in other areas there will be majority voting - something which is necessary now that the EU has 27 countries in it. There has been a lot of rubbish written about the Treaty (although not on Accyweb!) but Parliament is surely the right place to ratify it, where it will be debated in detail for a full month in the Commons in great detail. Someone mentioned earlier in thread that we had joined a Common Market and not a European Union, and I think that's right. Perhaps we should have a vote once and for all if we want to stay in EU? For all its faults I think we are much better off in it.