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"Mr President, the vote in Sweden is a clear illustration of the political and economic situation in which, with three wealthy countries like Great Britain, Sweden and Denmark outside the euro, we are preparing to launch the European Constitution. It will not, I fear, succeed in stopping the process that seeks to cancel out national and regional potential but, rather, it will advance the construction of a European superstate governed by a stateless technocracy which will go wherever globalisation takes it.
A European Constitution, especially today with the serious challenge represented by China – which, in addition to its products, has succeeded in imitating even the logo of the European Union – should, instead, provide for the reintroduction of customs duties and limits to protect our production, in particular to protect the system of small and medium sized enterprises and our agrifood production. It should, first and foremost, enshrine the value of the protection and development of our cultural identities to preserve an ethno-cultural, historical and linguistically unique heritage in the world.
For us citizens of Padania, it is unacceptable that a European Constitution should, instead of drawing its inspiration from the historical root of Charlemagne, appear to take the euro–dollar relationship as its only spiritual guiding principle. It should, instead, lay claim to its own Christian roots with pride, in particular in the face of the grave danger of creeping Islamicisation. Furthermore, it is unacceptable that there should be no specific reference to the rights of peoples, even though those rights have been confirmed in various UN resolutions, or, in particular, to the principle of self-determination of peoples – inalienable for us citizens of Padania – and that has called forth legitimate protests from representatives of non-Italian ethnic groups in the Italian State, including the Sardinians and the people of the Valle d’Aosta and South Tyrol.
Sixty years on from the Declaration of Chivasso, the historic document marking the birth of federalism drawn up 19 December 1943 – particularly difficult times for Europe and for our country – by representatives from the Valle d’Aosta, the Waldensians and the people of Provençe to protect the regional cultures against centralism from Rome, we cannot endorse a Constitution that ignores the rights of peoples and regions if we want to respect the ideals of these fathers."@en1
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