CELTIC LEAGUE PRESS INFORMATION

national | miscellaneous | news report Thursday December 26, 2002 00:21 by Celt - CELTIC LEAGUE b.moffatt at advsys dot co 01 - 8305792

'NATIONAL PLATFORM' CAMPAIGN WORK WILL CONTINUE

In a circular to members and supporters the 'NO TO NICE' campaign, the National Platform has said that as a result of the yes vote and subsequent developments post referendum "The EU is now planning an EU Constitution, which will override the Irish Constitution. This will effectively turn the Republic of Ireland of which we are citizens into a province of a Federal EU State, with virtually no national democracy or independence left." The organisation has circulated its comments and is inviting participants to contribute their comments about the direction any protest will take from here on. National Platform Secretary Anthony Coughlan says; My colleagues and I would like you to write to us to tell us what steps you think could be taken to prevent this EU Constitution being imposed on us? What do you think needs to be done to defend such national democracy as we have left in

CELTIC LEAGUE PRESS INFORMATION

'NATIONAL PLATFORM' CAMPAIGN WORK WILL CONTINUE

In a circular to members and supporters the 'NO TO NICE' campaign,
the National Platform has said that as a result of the yes vote and
subsequent developments post referendum "The EU is now planning an
EU Constitution, which will override the Irish Constitution. This
will effectively turn the Republic of Ireland of which we are citizens
into a province of a Federal EU State, with virtually no national
democracy or independence left."

The organisation has circulated its comments and is inviting participants
to contribute their comments about the direction any protest will
take from here on. National Platform Secretary Anthony Coughlan says;

My colleagues and I would like you to write to us to tell us what
steps you think could be taken to prevent this EU Constitution being
imposed on us? What do you think needs to be done to defend such
national democracy as we have left in the EU, or to regain what the
Irish people have already lost or surrendered? What realistic role
do you think the National Platform might be able to play in that task?
We are essentially a modestly endowed research and information group
on EU affairs, and would like to disseminate our material more widely
to the growing number of Irish democrats who believe that the EU
as it stands is on a fundamentally misguided and undemocratic course.

We also need money, to finance critical material on the EU and its
assault on democracy and to help rally people against it. We have
spent what resources we had in the two Nice referendums, and if you
think our continued work merits supporting, any donation that you
might be able to send us would be much appreciated and be used to
finance EU-critical material to send to you."

The Celtic League, via our Irish branch has consistently supported
this campaign and we will be continuing this support in the future.

Contacts for the National Platform: Tel.: 01 - 8305792, Web-site:
www.nationalplatform.org, E-mail: nationalplatform@eircom.net. The
organisations secretary (as indicated above) is, Anthony Coughlan.

Bernard Moffatt

Secretary General

24/12/02

The Celtic League has branches in the six Celtic Countries of the
western British Isles and Brittany. It works to promote cooperation
between these countries and campaigns on a broad range of political,
cultural and environmental matters. It targets human rights abuse
and monitors all military activity within these areas.

TEL (UK)01624 877918 MOBILE (UK)07624 491609

Internet site at http://www.manxman.co.im/cleague/index.html

news site at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league

b.moffatt@advsys.co