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"Mr President, I must again point out the wisdom contained in the Norwegian Mountaineers’ Handbook. In the event of a discrepancy between the map and the terrain, follow the terrain. Otherwise, we end up in tragedy or farce, something we are well on the way towards. This is due to the fact that, in crucial areas, the Constitution goes against the democratic intentions that are invoked and correspondingly deprives genuine democracy of vital sustenance. The Constitution involves a huge concentration and centralisation of the EU elites’ political power, especially over the judiciary and police. The EU Constitution constitutes a genuine abolition of living democracy in civil society, especially since the expansion of the EU’s power makes real democratic control impossible. The only hope in this process lies in the forthcoming referendums. The EU elites are trying to abolish this ultimate democratic element too. Democracy is now so deeply compromised that it is openly practised as the power of the elite to govern the people. The fight against the EU Constitution is a fight for democracy, and one that we intend to win outside this House."@en1
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