Sir, Some items in the Treaty of European Union have bothered me for some time past and I consider that the time has now come to air them publicly. Title 1, Article B, paragraph 3 asserts that the Union seeks to strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of the nationals of its member States. After 27 years of violence and subversion here I need to ask, "How?".
Title 1, Article F, paragraphs 2-3 In the light of the Republic of Ireland's improper constitutional claims on Northern Ireland, which is to the advantage of PIRA and INLA terrorists and promotes political interferences that threaten our national sovereignty, this article sounds very hollow. The death toll, the injury list and the damages to property as the result of unprovoked republican terrorism also prompt me to ask, whatever happened to the "human rights" of innocent victims?
Title V, Article J.1(4) What has the European Union done since 1969 to ensure that the Republic's Government and its citizens shall refrain from actions which are contrary to the interests of the Union and one of its member states?
Title II, Article 138a Has any member state challenged the European Union hierarchy about fields of activity which have a bearing on Articles 2 and 3 of the Irish Constitution, and if not, why note.
We also need to have explicit definitions on "the President of Ireland" and an individual's "possession of the nationality of a member state". The presidential title was used in the Treaty of European Union but by what authority? The presence of republican terrorists on these islands and the likely content of political talks at Stormont make "nationality" and "ethnicity" terms in need of very explicit definition. Yours, etc., The Green, Dunmurry.