Sir, – Arthur Beesley’s analysis (Home News, April 24th) poses many questions not answered by Government on its “Stability Treaty website”. The question of Germany’s role as instigator of the treaty is omitted. Should the referendum succeed, the budget strategy will be decided by the Germans and not the Dáil.
While I am grateful to Arthur Beesley for his insight, I’ve also read the complete treaty and pose the question: why is it couched in such unintelligible English? I give just one example. On page two of the document it states, “Noting that the correction mechanism to be introduced by the Contracting Parties should aim at correcting deviations from the medium-term objective or the adjustment path including their cumulated impact on government debt dynamics”. Phew! Gobbledegook on stilts. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – I find the Sinn Féin stance on the EU fiscal compact treaty rather confusing.
In December 2010 the party voted in the Dáil against the bailout, with Mary Lou McDonald stating that the EU and IMF were “behaving like loan sharks”.
The party is now arguing for a No vote in the referendum. The party leader, Mr Adams, stated in the National Gallery last week that, were the treaty to be rejected, there was “no way” the EU would deny us access to new funds from “current sources”, a reference to the EU/ECB/IMF troika.
Surely the logical next step is to vote Yes to make certain that the troika is not in a position to disappoint Sinn Féin. – Yours, etc,
