"Sign it!" ETUC General Secretary John Monks urges Gordon Brown as he heads for treaty negotiations in Lisbon
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown must resist the temptation to "swing his sporran in the manner of Mrs Thatcher’s handbag" and veto the EU reform treaty when he meets European leaders in Portugal, says European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) General Secretary John Monks in an article for today’s Guardian ’Comment is Free’ website.
"A veto would be an excuse to avoid some awkward domestic politics, a gesture of weakness and not the act of the strong, serious statesman that I believe Gordon Brown to be," warns John Monks.
"Sign that modest treaty, and let’s get on with building the EU into a vehicle for controlling globalisation and for negotiating toughly with the world superpowers on trade, on environment and - yes - on social rights, in a way European nations, acting individually, simply cannot do."
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