Public Forum on Charter of Fundamental Rights

14th February 2008 (St Valentine's Day) we held a public forum on the Labour Party's position on the Lisbon Reform Treaty and the Charter of Fundamental Rights.

The Labour leader Eamon Gilmore TD addressed the forum he pointed out the Charter of Fundamental Rights is the big idea in the Lisbon Reform Treaty. Eamon outlined its contents and its origins. It dealt with traditional, civil and political rights but also included the full gamut of social, economic, administrative and cultural rights. These are dealt with in the Charter under seven headings, human dignity, freedoms, equality, solidarity, citizen rights, justice and general provisions.

I strongly believe that the Charter provides roadmap for citizen's rights in the EU