tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post7202691748961774749..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: Wild claimsOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-64144475529097659462009-10-02T12:33:27.994+01:002009-10-02T12:33:27.994+01:00Margot was answering questions and if I remember c...Margot was answering questions and if I remember correctly that one was about what the EU could do for women. Childcare came up because it happens to be a big issue in Ireland.<br />If I wrote to every newspaper in the EU that made a mistake in its reporting I would be in a lunatic asylum by now.<br />I do actually agree that the Lisbon Strategy is confusing and I was surprised Margot mentioned it because she has always argued for getting rid of all these terms like Copenhagen Criteria, Laeken Declaration etc...Joe Hennonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-29554593958080433722009-10-01T12:43:06.694+01:002009-10-01T12:43:06.694+01:00Thanks Joe.
Did you, or Margot or anyone else in ...Thanks Joe.<br /><br />Did you, or Margot or anyone else in your office write a letter or an article to the paper to correct the mistake?<br /><br />Also - surely, if that is indeed true, it was a very easy mistake to make, given that Margot was in Dublin speaking with members of Generation Yes - the pro-Lisbon Treaty campaign group! Why was she talking about Irish childcare at such a meeting, when it's got nothing to do with the Treaty? <br /><br />And how many ordinary people in Ireland and around the rest of the EU do you think know the difference between the Lisbon Strategy and the Lisbon Treaty? <br /><br />If the journalist has made a mistake, it sounds like our Commissioner for Communications has allowed it to happen through... poor communication.Open Europe blog teamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16264607701574814301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-21445630426092463402009-10-01T11:00:53.968+01:002009-10-01T11:00:53.968+01:00Except she didn't mention childcare in the con...Except she didn't mention childcare in the context of the Lisbon Treaty at all, she referred to the Lisbon Strategy (for Growth & Jobs) and the fact that to get more women into the workforce you need to have adequate childcare. The distinction was clearly lost on the Irish Independent reporter.<br />The delay in answering the question has nothing to do with the Irish referendum and everything to do with trying to find out where this nonsense came from.Joe Hennonnoreply@blogger.com