A treaty or a constitution?
EU treaty is a constitution, says Giscard d'Estaing"Gordon Brown faces a renewed row over Europe after a declaration by the former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing that key parts of the European constitution remain 'practically unchanged' in the new EU Reform Treaty...
"M. Giscard d'Estaing said: 'In the Treaty of Lisbon, the tools are largely the same. Only the order in which they are arranged in the tool-box has been changed. Admittedly, the box itself is an old model, which you have to rummage through in order to find what you are looking for.'
M. Giscard d'Estaing said references to the constitution had been removed 'above all to head off any threat of referenda by avoiding any form of constitutional vocabulary'...
"He also highlighted the importance of the opt-outs secured by Britain during negotiations to maintain the Government's red lines.
He said: 'The Charter of Fundamental Rights, an improved and updated version of the charter of human rights, has been withdrawn from the draft treaty and made into a separate text to which Britain will not be bound.
"'In the area of judicial harmonisation and co- operation, Great Britain will have the right to duck in and out of the system as it pleases...'
See also:
- Ironing out the details or "Italy gets its parity back"
- Nationalism meets supranational organization
- A break from soft power
- New EU treaty
- British Nationalism
posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:55 AM
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