Sunday Papers
It was great to see the three main Sunday broadsheets endorsing the Lisbon Treaty this weekend. At a crucial time in the campaign, the editorials all reiterated a fundamental point – that a ‘yes’ vote is in Ireland’s best interests.
The Sunday Independent strongly backed the Treaty, calling on the Irish electorate to:
“respond in kind with an enthusiastic and emphatic endorsement of Lisbon and of Europe.”
While the Sunday Business Post was slightly reticent in supporting the Treaty outright, it argued that the uncertainty a no vote would bring would have disastrous consequences for Ireland.
“The uncertainty created would almost certainly increase for us the cost of borrowing on international markets and limiting the availability of funds.”
The Sunday Tribune described how Lisbon will secure a balance between protecting Ireland’s sovereignty and being part of positive European project:
“This treaty does not seek to infringe on the autonomy of individual nations to legislate for their own people. But it does enhance a vision, one of peaceful co-habitation of this planet in which the health, wealth and wellbeing of people are paramount.”
It is highly encouraging, after much debate and critical analysis, to see the country’s leading editors backing the Lisbon Treaty.
