Press Release from Nirj Deva DL MEP 21st February 2008 South East MEP Nirj Deva votes “no” on European Constitution Nirj Deva, Member of the European Parliament for Canterbury has today (Thursday) voted against the adoption of the European Constitution (Lisbon Treaty) at a heated meeting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Deva, one of only 115 of the 735 Members of the European Parliament to vote against the Constitution said: “I have received hundreds of letters from people in Canterbury urging me to oppose the Constitution. Not one person has urged me to support this wrong-headed document. “If adopted into British law, the Constitution will result in the surrender of sixty-one policy vetoes currently possessed by the British Government in the Council of Ministers and the creation of a permanent European Union President and Foreign Minister. “The British people are clearly against this Treaty. Gordon Brown must keep the manifesto pledge his party was elected on in 2005 and give us the referendum we deserve and demand”.

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