Lisbon Treaty: Campaigning for democratic accountability and transparency in Brussels but why not try it in Dublin first?
May 26th, 2008 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
The Lisbon Treaty Referendum is opposed by a kaleidoscopic group with socialist party Sinn Féin and the Irish Farmers Association, whose members have for decades been the top per capita beneficiaries of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), leading the charge against approval by the Irish electorate. Both groupings have more in common than they may think as the CAP is the biggest welfare programme in Europe.