Sinn Fein MEP Martina Anderson selected to run in European elections
Speaking at a selection convention at which she was chosen to contest the upcoming European Parliament election, Martina Anderson said:
“I am honoured to have been selected to stand as the Sinn Féin candidate in the upcoming European Parliament election in the north.
“We are facing into an election the British government didn’t want to happen.
“The DUP didn’t want EU elections either.
“Their Brexit involves stripping people of their rights including the right to vote.
“Not only do they refuse rights that everyone else in Britain and Ireland enjoy, they also want to remove EU rights too.
“Brexit will be a disaster for Ireland north and south, deal or no deal.
“We have continually fought against Brexit and made sure the voice of the people of the north has been heard and the interests of the people of Ireland have taken centre stage.
“We have stood up for all our citizens from right across the community in full confidence challenging and confronting all that is wrong with the EU and supporting and advancing all that is right for Ireland.
“The Withdrawal Agreement and the Backstop we have today is not perfect but it is contains the bare minimum protections that we require.
“But without our work there would be no backstop.
“This election offers an opportunity to send a message to Brussels, London and Dublin that we will not be left behind again.”
