EU warns Ireland over snap election

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EU warns Ireland over snap election

The European Union has warned the Irish government that snap elections would be “very irresponsible” as post-bail-out turmoil continues to rock Ireland's political establishment.

Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen

Brian Cowen, the beleaguered Irish Prime Minister, tonight faces “war” within his Fianna Fail party as rebel MPs demand his resignation and plot a no confidence motion to try to avoid losing their seats in a meltdown electoral defeat in the New Year. During emergency cabinet talks on Monday night, at least three ministers urged him “to consider his options” after the government's Green coalition partner threatened to pull out unless they were promised an election after a parliamentary vote on a 2011 Irish budget in December. ”The rest of them were all over the place,” said a government source.

Mr Cowen was ready to resign, according to party sources quoted in the Irish Times, but surprised colleagues by deciding to tough it out, even if the decision meant the sacrifice of Fianna Fail which faces its lowest polls approval in 88 years. Vital to his attempt to maintain power, were EU warnings that Ireland's £77 billion bail-out would be jeopardised if the government fell. ”People are watching the situation closely”, said one EU diplomat, who dismissed Greens and Fianna Fail rebels as “rats leaving a sinking ship”. ”From our perspective, it is important that the government is able to represent Ireland in the talks,” said another EU source. “It would be very unpleasant if there was no one to talk to. That would be very irresponsible."

MPs from his Fianna Fail party meet tonight in the Dail Éireann, the Irish parliament. “I predict murder at the parliamentary party tonight. There'll be war there. I know there will,” one MP told the Irish Independent. A group of rebel MPs, thought to number at least five, enough to strip the government of a majority, will meet to discuss a motion of no confidence in Mr Cowen. ”There's is serious discontent. I believe it is now up to those who have spoken out to take action to remove than man immediately,” said John McGuiness, a Kilkenny MP. Noel O'Flynn, a Cork MP, has demanded that Mr Cowen resign after the Irish leader denied last week, against clear evidence to the contrary, that were no bail-out talks with the EU. ”I feel betrayed and humiliated as do my own supporters and citizens of the state by you,” he wrote in a letter to the Taoiseach, the Irish PM.


”The public are living in fear of the unknown; they are deeply disappointed, angry and fearful of the future for themselves and their families.” It emerged last night that the Green demand for an early election was sparked by the EU and IMF presence in Dublin and their influence in drawing up a “draconian” budget of welfare and benefit cuts.
”The development of the commission, ECB and IMF changed the whole political sense and public sense,” said Eamonn Ryan, a Green minister. Internal documents suggest that the EU and IMF are pushing for a more severe benefit cuts and wage reductions than the Irish government as part of “memorandum of understanding” to unlock the aid package.

A EU Commissoner (see above) said they should have to agree their budget first before they would be allowed to have a general election, and as above; who the hell do these people think they are?

Portugal next perhaps, then Spain and then maybe even Belgium and Italy;- along with governments which continued spending which they did not have (remember Labour with 'we must spend our way out of the recession via government spending, economics of the mad house) these countries are all trapped in a currency and economic zone which is harmful to their economies and which they no longer have any control over in terms of their monetary systems. The Germans now apparently want their Deutschmark back and you have to remember above all that nobody wanted this currency in the first place, the only two countries that were given a say on the Euro both said no although due to treaties and being members of the EU they will (offically) eventually have to join the Euro as will Britain - unless we leave.

The Daily Express apparently conducted a poll with their readers and got 99% of Britons want to leave the EU - of course how its been worded etc is questionable + you've got to remember that people who feel more strongly about the issue will be the ones to vote, but discontent (as seen on Question Time on Thursday night) is growing and its good that a national newspaper is now opening calling for EU withdrawal.

Thoughts?

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nobody in ireland cares anymore we're all leavin
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