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"Mr President, only a new Treaty can make the EU more democratic and more decisive. The Dutch ‘no’ in 2005 was not a ‘no’ to Europe: 72% of the Dutch consider European cooperation to be valuable. This is why it would be a disaster for the Netherlands if we were to remain stuck in a ‘no’ without any alternatives, as the Dutch Socialist Party is at risk of doing. Hence my five-point plan for a new Treaty to do justice to the Dutch ‘no’ and to tempt the majority of the Dutch back to the ‘yes’ camp.
One: a democratic Europe, fewer vetoes, more codecision for this House, openness of decision-making, goodbye to Strasbourg, improved cooperation between the EP and national parliaments, but not a red card that jumbles up the powers of both.
Two: a more social Europe. Include a social clause that spells out that public and semi-public provisions are not inferior to the market but can be fleshed out according to the insights of national Member States and regions. Make the Charter of Fundamental Rights binding.
Three: a Europe of the citizens and the regions thanks to more decentralisation and enhanced subsidiarity. Give frontier areas and the regions the chance to test things out. Give European citizens the right to add items to the agenda by means of petitions.
Four: include in the new Treaty more rigorous accession criteria in order to avoid cheating. In the case of any further enlargement, we must put our own European house in order first.
Five: cut the new Treaty down considerably by referencing all simplifications. This will trim it down by 322 articles. Also, let the Treaty be a Treaty, because the Constitution gave the Dutch the feeling they were losing their own Constitution.
In this way, the Netherlands can re-assume its position in the vanguard of Europe, where we, based on our own interests and our own ideals, belong."@en1
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