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13/12/07

I Want a Referendum campaign takes spoof traffic signs to EU summit

PRESS RELEASE: IMMEDIATE

13-14 DECEMBER 2007

I Want a Referendum campaign takes spoof traffic signs to EU summit

At this week's EU summit in Brussels, the I Want a Referendum campaign set up spoof road signs which show how the EU is out of touch with its voters and is heading in the wrong direction - as the reheated Constitution is signed behind closed doors while voters must "keep out". 

Tony Blair's former Economics Advisor and I Want a Referendum Chairman Derek Scott said:

“EU leaders have brought back the rejected EU Constitution under a new name and – fearful of a repeat of the French and Dutch no votes – have agreed to avoid referendums at all costs. This is a profoundly undemocratic process. Running away from letting the people have the say they were promised on this treaty will mean it has no legitimacy – in the long run this is bad for democracy and bad for Europe.”

“Gordon Brown was elected on a manifesto promise of a referendum on the EU Constitution. He must be held to that promise. Holding a referendum is an opportunity for him to show whether he is really serious about restoring trust in politics, and to answer the critics who say he lacks courage and decisiveness.”

Notes for editors:

I Want a Referendum is a cross-party campaign for a referendum on the revived Constitutional Treaty. The IWR advisory group includes: Derek Scott (chair); Graham Stringer MP; Gisela Stuart MP; Mike Hancock MP; Frank Field MP; Kate Hoey MP; Michael Gove MP; David Heathcoat-Amory MP; Greg Hands MP; and Nick Herbert MP.

www.iwantareferendum.com

For more information, please contact I Want a Referendum on 44 207 197 2333, or Paul Stephenson (44 7725 610696), Hugo Robinson ( 44 7817 787008), Mats Persson ( 44 7799 460691) or Lorraine Mullally ( 44 7980 550319).