Who runs Ireland?

COMMUNIST PARTY OF IRELAND

Press Release: Who runs Ireland?

17 November

The revelation that documents relating to the forthcoming budget were found today (17
November) in the German Bundestag, with German politicians poring over their contents,
while neither Dáil Éireann nor, most importantly, the Irish people have seen or read
what is in store for them, is almost beyond belief.

The opinions of the Irish people count for little, for it is now clear that what
Germany wants, Merkel gets, and the Irish people will pay the price. It seems clear
that Enda Kenny delivered these documents by hand on his recent visit to Berlin.

Working people and their families are being made to pay for a debt that is not
theirs, but they are also now paying with democracy being shredded to keep German
and French banks afloat.

Democracy is now in grave danger, with events in Greece, Italy and now Ireland
exposing the real power at the heart of the European Union. We have seen two virtual
coups d’état, in Greece and Italy, and the removal of two complete governments, to
be replaced in Italy by a government made up of “technocrats,” representatives only
of business, and in Greece by a government not elected by the people.

Democracy is being set aside in the interests and for the needs of European monopoly
big-business interests. The will and opinions of the peoples within the European
Union are now being pushed aside, and great dangers now face all democrats.