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I would point out that the French and Dutch citizens’ rejection of the European Constitution – by a large majority and via a referendum - rendered this text definitively null and void. The repeated references to this text in Parliament’s reports is a denial of democracy. Those who claim to represent Europeans should be the first ones to take account of Europeans’ desires when they are clearly expressed.
Secondly, this Parliament, which is not representative of European public opinion, given that it supports, for example, the accession of Turkey, immigration for the purpose of reinforcing the population and, furthermore, the country of origin principle in the Bolkestein Directive, sadly does not guarantee Europe’s smooth functioning. Parliament did not sanction the Santer Commission. It carried out a selective witch hunt during the appointment of the Barroso Commission – not for the good of Europe, but for ideological reasons and on account of power struggles between institutions.
The bottom line is that Europe is not a State. The Commission is not, and categorically must not be, a government. It is just a College of civil servants. Parliament’s approval of the Commission’s composition and of its President remains a mere pretence. It grants the Commission absolutely no democratic legitimacy whatsoever."@en1
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