Re: The Lisbon Treaty.
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 9:56 am
A large number of our readers have asked us to factcheck a list of claims about the Lisbon Treaty, or “what will actually happen if we stay in the EU”, which has gone viral on social media.
The list has appeared in numerous versions across different platforms since mid-December. The text at the beginning and end is often different, but the central list of claims is virtually identical across most of the versions we’ve seen.
Much of it is wrong. The list is a mixture of false claims, and claims that have some truth but could be misleading given the context.
That’s partly because many recent versions of the text wrongly say that everything on the list is due to the “Lisbon Treaty”. However, the earliest version of the list we’ve been able to find only says that some of the things on it are due to the Lisbon Treaty. https://fullfact.org/europe/viral-list- ... aty-wrong/
The list has appeared in numerous versions across different platforms since mid-December. The text at the beginning and end is often different, but the central list of claims is virtually identical across most of the versions we’ve seen.
Much of it is wrong. The list is a mixture of false claims, and claims that have some truth but could be misleading given the context.
That’s partly because many recent versions of the text wrongly say that everything on the list is due to the “Lisbon Treaty”. However, the earliest version of the list we’ve been able to find only says that some of the things on it are due to the Lisbon Treaty. https://fullfact.org/europe/viral-list- ... aty-wrong/