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We thought that with the draft European Constitution we had seen everything, but obviously we did not count on this new report, which is supposed to express Parliament’s position on the forthcoming IGC.
As regards the form, I wish to repeat that I am completely unable to sanction the work of the Convention which, as if this needed to be said again, had no democratic mandate to draw up a draft European Constitution. Although some people might not like it, the election by direct universal suffrage of a constituent assembly is, in any democracy worthy of the name, a sacred rule. In the present case, however, this principle has been breached, pure and simple.
As regards the content, I cannot accept this course of action by the European Parliament which, having made a catalogue of claims, each one more extravagant than the last (Parliament’s electing the President of the Commission, extending codecision, greater involvement of Parliament in revising the Treaties, etc.) exerts enormous pressure on the representatives of the Member States who will take part in the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) which ‘is’ and ‘must’ be the sole body competent to open the process of revising the Treaties.
No one should be surprised that my vote will go firmly against this report."@en1
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