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EU Chief Visits Ireland to 'Explain Misunderstandings'

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Channel: Euractiv · 2009 · News & Politics

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Less than a month before the second Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, paid a visit to Ireland, to "explain some misunderstandings and answer questions."

0:00'00''Title
0:00'05''External views Dublin, campaign posters for and against the Lisbon Treaty
0:00'24''Ext. shot of the Irish Department for Foreign Affaires
0:00'34''EP President Jerzy BUZEK arrival to Irish Foreign Office, meeting with FFAA Minister Michéal Martin, shake hands, round table
0:01'22''Ambience shot at a park in Dublin, EU logo umbrella
0:01'30''EU House in Dublin, ext. shot
0:01'34''Meeting of EP President with young people, speech and question and answers, ambience shots
0:01'57''Irish Institute for European Affairs, EP President Jerzy BUZEK and former EP President Pat COX, ambience shots at the IIEA
0:02'27''EP President Jerzy BUZEK takes the floor, in English, he explains that he doesnt want to say to Irish people what to vote, as he has been living under dictatorship for many years, with government saying what to vote and even what to think On the importance of Irish referendum, on the 2nd of October, for Ireland and for Europe. On the fact that no internal matters should interfere in the debate on Lisbon Treaty, that shod be truthful and honest. Irish referendum is about Irelands place in Europe
0:03'34''Cutaway
0:03'40''Statement of EP President, in English: I am no here to campaign for yes or for a no, I only want to explain some misunderstandings and answer to questions
0:04'08''Statement of EP President, in English, (in the case that Ireland says no again), he explains that Europe is prepared for Lisbon Treaty and that Nice Treaty is working so the EU would continue functioning but from the point of view of efficiency of our policies, Lisbon Treaty in much better to give an answer to citizens worries than Nice Treaty
0:04'27''END

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