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THE Lisbon Treaty result has exposed the undemocratic nature of the EU structures. The 1937 Constitution, however, recognises that it is the people and not the government that is sovereign. This underscores the benefits of protecting such democratic principles. I have no doubt that many of the other EU states' voters would also have rejected the Lisbon Treaty if their entitlement to a referendum had been respected.

International : Bolivia's wealthy elite resist progress

THE process of progressive change underway in Bolivia is facing serious challenges from the rich, mainly European or mixed-race elite, based in the eastern lowlands of the country, who are pushing for 'autonomy' from the central government.

Photo: ALLY: Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez with Evo Morales

LISBON TREATY REJECTION : Papers spin the 'No' vote factors

WITH recriminations and accusations over the Lisbon Treaty 'No' vote still ping-ponging back and forth between the media and the pro-treaty parties, two newly-published polls on why voters made their choices are providing interesting reading but not clarity on the referendum result.

Cúlchaint

Bíonn go leor staitisticí a fhoilsiú ag an am seo den bhliain nuair a nach mbíonn nuacht eile ann, agus tá sé éascaí teacht ar eolas bailithe ag ollscoileanna agus taighdeoirí faoi, faoi, bhuel faoi go leor leor téamaí agus nithe éagsúla.

Matt Treacy

I WAS, very uncharacteristically, sitting in a hostelry nursing a bottle of stout and watching Fermanagh and Derry when a chap came over and asked me if they were going to show the football.

Media View

GOOD NEWS for our small but growing Norwegian readership. An Phoblacht readers, though not many readers of anything else, will recall that Norway's oil and gas exploration company, Statoil, owns a substantial share of the Corrib gas field off the coast of Mayo. For a number of years, Shell to Sea activists have fought both for the gas to be processed off-shore but also for a fairer share of the profits from the find.

Fifth Column

An Phoblacht's famous weekly satirical column.

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