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"One of the rare differences between the European Constitution and the Lisbon Treaty signed by the 25 heads of state or government was precisely these EU symbols – the flag, anthem, motto and Europe Day – which were unanimously rejected on 13 December 2007. It was important to keep up appearances and not give European citizens the impression that the structures of a federal state were being put in place.
By seeking to reintroduce these symbols, the European Parliament is once again moving outside the boundaries of the law and deliberately infringing the European Treaties.
There is no doubt that the European institutions have tried this before. The scandalous manner in which the institutions are trying to make Ireland hold another referendum is a caricatural illustration of their idea of democracy. Anything that is opposed to European integration must be eliminated by whatever means possible, including legal means.
How can we have any confidence in this Europe that tramples underfoot the principles that it is supposed to defend and portrays the image of the former Soviet Union, where freedom of opinion and expression was enshrined in the Constitution but never applied?
Ladies and gentlemen, democracy is not shared, nor is totalitarianism. That is all too evident today."@en1
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