Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-24-Speech-3-050"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Constitution and IGC2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030924.1.3-050"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-24-Speech-3-0512
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, under the Constitution the present European Union will be abolished and in its place a new one will be established, which, according to the Constitution, reflects the will of the people and states. We know how to discover the will of states. It is represented by governments and national parliaments. The will of the people is not always the same as the will of states, and, to learn what it is, there is no alternative but to have a referendum. The fairest course of action would be to arrange one in each Member State separately but on the same day. If the subject of a referendum were the Convention’s draft Constitution without any amendments to it, I would vote against it and I would urge others to vote the same way. The reason is that the Convention worked undemocratically. It had a Praesidium, a Politburo-style dictatorship, and the Convention did not vote on the more than 6 000 proposed amendments made by its members or the final outcome. The Convention brought about a redistribution of power that favoured the big countries and the Union was militarised. The Member States lose their right to a permanent Commissioner with voting rights, and in future will not be able to choose their own Commissioner. All candidate Commissioners must be committed to the Europe issue, but what is this Europe issue? It is the issue of federalism. The EU is to be made into a federation, and on the last night the Convention, acting against the mandate for a Constitution presented at the Thessaloniki Summit, even adopted the symbols of a federation, with its own flag, anthem and national day. Under the Constitution the EU will become militarised. That means a new type of military structural cooperation and a declaration under the Constitution that Member States will give each other collective defence guarantees. A commander in the Finnish army said that acceptance of this declaration would take Finland into NATO, and that is something our nation will not agree to. These are the reasons for saying no to such a constitution."@en1

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