Taoiseach Brian Cowen must tell fellow European Union leaders to end the ratification process for the Lisbon Treaty, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams said this morning.
Mr Adams said he was concerned that the Government was sending “mixed signals” to other European capitals in the wake of last Friday’s No vote in Ireland.
We want our voice about the shape of Europe to be taken into account - Gerry Adams
Mr Cowen must make it clear to fellow EU leaders that the Irish No vote must be respected, he said, “otherwise the bigger states will think that we can be walked over. Well, we won’t be walked over. We want our voice about the shape of Europe to be taken into account”
Sinn Féin is preparing a document on the changes that should be made to the Treaty which it will submit to the Government before Mr Cowen travels to Brussels on Thursday.
However Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Mary Lou Macdonald said “there is no question of a reheated treaty being put before the people. The changes that are required are fundamental.”