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Full Steam Ahead For EU Constitution

Posted on Sunday, July 17 at 10:36 by Milton
Formal ratification by all 25 states is regarded in Brussels as a technicality. To all intents and purposes, the EU is carrying on as though the constitution were already in force. Most of the institutions that it would have authorised are either up and running already, or in the process of being established. My researches have produced the following non-exhaustive list: Read the article at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/17/whan17.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/07/17/ixworld.html

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  1. by avatar whelan costen
    Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:37 am
    This is very interesting and we'll have to see what the populous does in response.

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  2. by Armageddon
    Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:43 pm
    Hmmmm, kinda sounds like the EU's screwed now.

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  3. by Anonymous
    Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:44 pm
    aww<a href="http://www...don">www...don</a>'t be upset there, Uncle Milty...your pals Chirac, Schroeder, Martin, Putin, Castro, Chavez and their ilk won't EVER allow such tawdry, unpleasant things as a measley democratic vote process, by masses of ordinary people to get in their greedy, bloodthirsty, FranCanCorp/La Francophonie/Communist/Nazi/Islamic fundamentalist-extremist-terrorist way, (eh)...nothing more than a mere "speedbump" in the path of the Korporate Kingdom of Kommunist Kanada...you've never allowed free world style democracy to stand in your way before, (eh)...so why let it now??? Do as the Liberal/NDP/CAP government of Canada does...just ignore the people. DOn't have things such as votes. If you happen to lose one by accidentally forgetting to buy off enough of the opposition, well, hey...just go on "aboot" your business like it was all a bad dream and never happened (eh). And if at all possible just don't EVER put anything up for a national referendum if you can avoid it!!! The people??? FranCanCorp don't need no stinking "people"...eh???

  4. by Anonymous
    Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:29 am
    How untrue is this. A simple matter of bad journalism. The EU is not implementing the new constitution, nor is it working according to this new constitution. You might want to read some more even handed material on this subject than what some small minded conservative politician says.

    Factually the treaty isn't dead. It isn't because according to the rules agreed upon it is only dead if more than 6 countries say no to the treaty. In case of less than 6, these countries need to go to the negotiating table again. We are now on two countries saying no, and more than 10 countries agreeing. So the proces is still on course.

    It is actually quite strange to see people complain about democracy and be against the new EU consitution. The main focus of the new constitution is providing more power to the people. So in short the French and Dutch said "no" to the question if they wanted more to say about European politics. I am actually hoping the EU doesn't listen to the people in this one case and do give them more to say.



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