For anyone that doesn't know what is going on in Europe at the moment here is a quick catch up:
The EU has written up a treaty to compine all european countries together almost like "the United States of Europe" but in doing this they are taking control away from small and medium size countries and giving it to bigger countries like the UK, Germany & France so they will basically control Europe, not all control will be taken from the small countries
I.E: Germany's voting power - 18% Irelands voting power - 0.8%

The Treaty has been about for many years, in 2005 it was rejected by the dutch and the french and was put on hold, other countries passed it because it was their politicians that voted it in, not the people.

Ireland is the only country that has currently has a vote in whether the treaty will go through or not, in 2008 we had a big referendum and Ireland voted NO, the big knob politicans from the EU went mad and told us we were doomed......................so then the recession hits.

While in Holland a few weeks after the referendum we were doing the rounds around the coffee shops and every shop we went into we were thanked by the staff and other customers simply for voting no, they later explained that a yes vote would mean the closer of more coffee shops and the eventual disappearence of the cannabis industry as the EU have strict anti-drug laws and will enforce them when they are able to, all they need is the treaty to go through so they will have control over Holland.

Aware of the fact that cannabis is still illegal in Holland they just explained that once the police are forced to take a hard stance then they would be screwed. but they were happy it didnt go through so nothing to worry about........

until now, the EU has forced Ireland to vote on the exact same treaty because they didnt like our first answer, so as you can see democracy is alive and healthy here.

so tomorrow (2nd october) Ireland will vote again, and the worst thing i'm seeing is that most people look to be voting yes, the main reason, the EU promise's job's from big companies, even with no evidence this will happen.

by the time alot of people read this post i'm sure the vote will be already through. but i thought i'd let everyone know, go to Amsterdam before the coffee shops are all closed down.
moshmonkey Reviewed by moshmonkey on . The Lisbon Treaty - the end of Amsterdam? For anyone that doesn't know what is going on in Europe at the moment here is a quick catch up: The EU has written up a treaty to compine all european countries together almost like "the United States of Europe" but in doing this they are taking control away from small and medium size countries and giving it to bigger countries like the UK, Germany & France so they will basically control Europe, not all control will be taken from the small countries I.E: Germany's voting power - 18% Rating: 5