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"Mr President, there has been severe criticism of the Treaty of Nice, not just here in this House, but throughout Europe. The kind of late-night dealing and smoke-filled rooms that finalised the treaty was the unacceptable face of the EU and it is not worthy of a Union of 350 million people.
The focus should be accountability and democracy, but Nice was a shambles with the outcome for Ireland that we lose our automatic right to a Commissioner. I believe Ireland will vote "no" on 7 June in spite of the sneers of some elites here and elsewhere and that result will be welcomed all over Europe.
The Treaty of Nice allows a core group of Member States to form an elite inner circle. They have hijacked the EU institutions and this will mean that some states become second class members including the new applicant countries.
We need an accountable Europe that makes human rights a core value and brings progress on social and environmental rights also. The EU, which brought former enemies together for peaceful cooperation, is now being militarised. The Treaty of Nice could mean that a number of Member States could decide to go ahead with a nuclear-armed force even though other states do not agree. That should be unthinkable."@en1
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