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The Constitutional Treaty is a compromise text that should be assessed for what it actually contains and not for what some – on both the federalist and the euro-sceptic sides – would like it to contain.
In view of the fact that in a globalised world Portugal has everything to gain from belonging to a regional bloc with the characteristics of the EU, there are aspects of this text, as in any compromise text, with which I agree and others with which I am not satisfied.
On the positive side, I should like to highlight the simplification that the unification of the Treaties has achieved, the clearer distinction between national and European powers, the strengthening of the role of national parliaments and the guarantee that the Union only has at its disposal the powers attributed to it by the Member States. Furthermore, the fact that this Treaty represents a moment of stabilisation in the process of revising the Treaties brings security and stability.
I do not agree, however, with the absence in the preamble of any reference to Europe’s Judeo-Christian heritage, the end of the rotating presidency among the Member States, the eventual reduction in the number of Commissioners and the creation of the potentially contentious post of European Minster of Foreign Affairs.
On balance, I have decided to vote in favour."@en1
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