Cisco Ireland says YES to Lisbon and YES to Europe
29 September 2009, Dublin, Ireland: Mike Conroy, General Manager, Cisco Development Centre; Kim Majerus, Managing Director, Cisco Ireland and Monique Meche, Director, Government Affairs, Ireland
This Friday, Irish voters will vote in a referendum to approve or reject the EU Lisbon treaty which would create a permanent EU presidency, more unified EU-wide laws and improve the overall efficiency of the EU’s operations. Ireland must approve the Treaty in order for it to take effect across the 27-EU member bloc. Irish voters rejected the Treaty in a referendum last year after widespread debate and some confusion. After rejection, Ireland received important concessions from Brussels, including the right to retain an Irish EU Commissioner.
Cisco employs approximately 200 people in Ireland across its Dublin and Galway R&D Centre locations…
We believe that further investment and growth in Ireland is closely linked with Ireland’s strong, ongoing participation in and active contribution to the European Union, as Ireland has done for the last 36 years with many economic and social benefits. Cisco also believes that Ireland’s place at the core of the EU is crucial to the Irish economy. Approval of the Lisbon Treaty will help Ireland and Europe drive economic recovery and will also result in a more effective, more democratic and more accountable EU, which is good for the EU, good for Ireland and good for companies such as Cisco doing business on a global and pan-European basis.
That is why we are voting YES on Friday.
Posted by Monique Meche at 10:15AM PST
Felix Staratschek Sep 29, 2009
Pleace vote for democracy and against the treaty of lisbon
Dear irish people!
Pleace stop the treaty of lisbon! Is is antidemocartic, militaristic, antisocial. The disadvantages are much bigger, than the advantages. The EU can live with its actuell laws. They should only be changed into a democratic direction. With the treaty of lisbon, the european council is able to change this treaty in great parts without asking the parliament. This is nearly the same law, which mades the nationl- rassistic- party of Germany so powerfull in our country in the year 1933. Our basic law (the german constitution) and all other european constitutions should not be replaced by the treaty of lisbon. But the new treaty tries to bring all right- sytstems in a lower level than the new european right. Here is my informationpage: http://sites.google.com/site/euradevormwald/english . When you have some more english information, pleace send me a link or text or write it into the visitors book of my page. And pleace spread this text all over Ireland.
In the hope in your activities for a better Europe, Felix Staratschek, Freiligrathstr. 2, D- 42477 Radevormwald (Germany)