I have previously argued here that the military implications of the Lisbon Treaty constitute an argument for a NO vote on 2 October.  I now want to argue that the implications of Lisbon for ‘developing countries’ in Africa, Asia and Latin America would be negative - and that this constitutes another strong argument for a [...]

This article analyses the ‘assurances‘ in the specific area of security and defence that the government is persuading EU leaders to sign up to, ostensibly to allay concerns in Ireland about the Lisbon Treaty.  These ‘assurances’ are, in reality, simply political statements that, in themselves, have no legal status.  They are only legally valid if [...]