THE GOVERNMENT THREATS to impose an even harsher budget if people dare to vote No to the Fiscal Treaty must be resisted, said Cllr Declan Bree when he spoke at a May Day meeting in Sligo.

Addressing those attending the People First May Day ceremony in New Street, on May 1st, Cllr Bree said “It is unacceptable for the Minister for Finance to threaten people with an even harsher budget if they dare to vote no.    People are not being invited to participate in a debate; they are being bullied and intimidated by the establishment.  The Government has now turned on its own people.” he said  

“The Fiscal Treaty will impose a permanent policy of austerity and in reality it is a device for fleecing and robbing ordinary people.  It has been drafted to ensure that more of the people’s money will be spent on servicing a debt that is not theirs than will be spent on the people’s basic needs, such as decent health services and education.

Cllr Bree said the Treaty will tie the hands not only of the current government but of all governments into the foreseeable future as regards economic policy, and it will bury once and for all the hope of a Social Europe.