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"The European Union needs a new institutional framework after the Treaty of Nice, and the Lisbon Treaty, although less ambitious than the European Constitution, is a good text.
18 Member States have ratified the Lisbon Treaty in their national parliaments. Ireland decided the ratification by referendum, and the Irish citizens rejected the Treaty. In 2001, Ireland voted against the Treaty of Nice as well and, one year later, it ratified it.
The vote of the Irish people shows that this country’s population considers the Community institutional construction a complicated one. It is our duty to explain to the European citizens the need for and the provisions of this treaty. This Treaty deals with the issue of climate change, defines the European economy as a social market economy, emphasizes the need for a common energy policy and, in particular, gives legal value to the European Charter of Fundamental Rights. The Reform Treaty enhances the level of democracy by increasing the power of the European Parliament and allows half of the national parliaments to reject a legislative project if it is deemed that it infringes the principle of subsidiary.
The vote of the Irish people shows us that we need responsibility and more dialogue, that we need to explain more and better the provisions of this new treaty to the European citizens, as well as the reasons why it is necessary."@en1
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