Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-12-03-Speech-3-110"
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"Madam President, under our Constitution, the Irish ratification process requires a referendum on all Treaty revisions. Today, headlines, reports and editorials in a serious daily newspaper, the
stated that Mr Prodi believed that any state voting against the constitutional treaty now in its final stages of negotiation should logically leave the EU. He did say they might get a second chance it might not be the first time they voted against it. My appeal here, however, is that what could be perceived to be an ultimatum accept or leave the Union is most unhelpful in the run-in to a ratification process that is going to be difficult enough anyway, not just in Ireland, but in many Member States.
Mr Prodi is also reported as saying that any future amendments or revisions of the Treaty should be by parliament or government rather than by popular referendum.
Could I ask that Mr Prodi be given the opportunity to come and explain in more detail his views on these very sensitive issues, because interference or ill-judged comment at this stage will not be helpful if we want to get the present constitutional treaty through in the 15 Member States, let alone in the 25. Sometimes it is better to say less than more in these issues."@en1
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