Irish Independence or European Superstate
A European Battle fought on Irish soil (February 2008)
Independent National Survey shows Irish people oppose the use of Shannon
airport in the Iraq War
- Press Statement 24/4/07
The EU BATTLE GROUPS: Regiments of the Empire
by Roger Cole (updated May 2006)
Download the A4 posters: (PDF file, 482Kb)
'YES to Europe - NO to Superstate'
'Support Irish Neutrality Democracy & Independence'
The EU Constitution
Policy document by the Peace and Neutrality Alliance written by Carol Fox, Research Officer of the Peace and Neutrality Alliance and endorsed by the National Executive Committee. (November 2004).
The EU A Partnership of Democratic States
PANA Press Statement on the EU Draft Constitution (23 October 2003)
PANA AGM speech by Kate Hudson: (23 October 2004)
Establishing a Constitution for Europe or the Foundation of an Imperial European Superstate - a Discussion document for the Peace and Neutrality Alliance (May 2004).
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To mark the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq PANA is making the postcard below available for download as pdf file
Articles and documents
Irish Foreign Affairs
- Volume 3, Number 1: January 2010 - download PDF
Previous editions:
- Volume 2, Number 3: July-September 2009 - download PDF
- Volume 1, Number 1: April-June 2008 - download PDF
Let us support democracy and reject EU superstate
OPINION: A long Irish tradition favouring neutrality and independence should encourage us to vote No in second vote on Lisbon, writes ROGER COLE
The Irish Times, Thursday, August 13, 2009
'We need a total opt-out from 'EU militarisation'
OPINION:The elite's desire for wars has created a strong and growing global peace movement, writes ROGER COLE.
The Irish Times, Friday, April 10, 2009
Lisbon 'alliance' is a step too far
A neutral state cannot legally or politically sign up to the Lisbon Treaty mutual assistance clause because it violates neutrality.
by KAREN DEVINE - The Irish Times Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Protecting neutrality in a militarised EU
A protocol to the Lisbon Treaty giving exemptions for neutral states from the EU's security and defence policy is the only effective way to retain active or military neutrality
by KAREN DEVINE - The Irish Times, Tuesday, November 27, 2008
Tug of war between public and political elites
There is a gap between what the Government thinks neutrality means and what some of the electorate think it means. Part II of this three-part examination of neutrality looks at divergent definitions of the policy, which are not unique to Ireland
by KAREN DEVINE - The Irish Times, Tuesday, November 26, 2008
Neither friend nor foe: the Irish position
Some people voted against the Lisbon Treaty because they said they believed it fatally undermined neutrality. Others because they feared the creation of an alleged EU army into which their children would be conscripted. This is the first of three substantial articles, written by an expert in the field, which seek to explain the origins and evolution of neutrality, why the Irish public and Government appear to differ over Irish neutrality and what impact the Lisbon Treaty could have on Irish neutrality
by KAREN DEVINE - The Irish Times, Tuesday, November 25, 2008
The Lisbon Treaty and its implications for CFSP/ESDP
Briefing Policy carried out
by Gerrard Quille,
Policy Department of the Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union
EU Major new report by Statewatch and the Transnational Institute
NeoConOpticon - The EU Security-Industrial Complex
by Ben Hayes
Irish arguments
against the Treaty of Lisbon
by
Karl Albrecht Schachtschneider
- download PDF
What the Lisbon Treaty will or will not do to Irish neutrality
Donegal Democrat, 17 September 2009
Edward Longwill
DIE LINKE Demands by the Left concerning Lisbon-Judgement
Working Group on Europe of the Working Party on International Affairs
Chair: Dieter Dehm
11 August 2009
- download Word doc
TSN/MRBI Poll on Lisbon 2008
- Download PDF
Verdict of the German Constitutional Court concerning the Lisbon Treaty: Court strenghtens Parliamentery Prerogative
But the Lisbon Treaty was made compliant with the constitution ? now the
Irish referendum is decisive
by Tobias Pflüger
German judgement is a call to action against the EU's democratic deficit
JENS-PETER BONDE
(EUObserver/Comment)
24 July 2009
Germany's Lisbon Treaty Ruling
Brussels Put Firmly in the Back Seat
Last week's ruling by the German Constitutional Court, coupled with demands by one conservative party for changes to the constitution, may not only jeopardize Berlin's schedule for the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. The Karlsruhe ruling also threatens future steps toward European integration.
Read more ...
By SPIEGEL Staff
The quest for European foreign policy consistency
and the Treaty of Lisbon
Gaspers-on-Lisbon-Treaty (pdf)
Jan Gaspers
University of Cambridge
How to end the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
The Iranian born British scholar reminds us about the contemporary history of these countries and about the West's involvement back in time - which is vitally important for understanding today's situation. And he ends the analysis with a series of constructive proposals as to what can be done, rather much in contrast to what President Obama seems to try to do.
One of the most pedagogical analyses of these extremely complex issues.
A must read if you want the larger picture.
http://www.transnational.org/Resources_Treasures/2009/Jahanpour_AfPak.html
TFF Associate, Farhang Jahanpour, Oxford,
June 3, 2009
Pashtunistan - a new member of the United Nations?
TFF Associate's thought-provoking out-of-the-box scenario
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/home/opinion/10743-a-new-member-of-the-united-nations.html
Hazel Henderson, June 3, 2009
Engage more, do war less in Afghanistan
The Americans and NATO can talk all they want about engagement but this is shooting themselves in the foot. They have to back up their willingness to talk by some credible military steps to lower the intensity of combat, and a diversion of troops into peacekeeping and rebuilding the schools, hospitals and villages they have helped or provoked to decimate.
http://www.transnational.org/Columns_Power/2009/11.EngageMoreLessWar.html
Jonathan Power, March 18, 2009
Shannonwatch.org:
Shannon Peace Forum Presentation (pdf)
Shannon Peace Conference
(March 2009)
EU NATO ESDP
Check out two reports agreed by the EU Parliament on accelerating the
process of the militarisation of the European Union and making the links
between the EU and NATO even stronger.
(March 2009)
RTE Falling at The Feet of Power
RTÉ’s Coverage of the Lisbon Treaty Campaign
(February 2009)
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