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"Madam President, I am not sure what to make of this citizens’ initiative. Involving citizens more in decision-making sounds nice enough, although, of course, it would be better to allow the very same citizens to vote on the Treaty of Lisbon in a referendum.
Calling a treaty that has been rammed down our citizens’ throats a dialogue with citizens is, from my point of view, both cynical and ironic. Madam President, I fear that the citizens’ initiative will merely prove to be a giant piece of window dressing. The Commission has carte blanche not to consider proposals. Clearly, the hobbyhorses of the left Europhile elite, who evidently represent a pro-European position, will be accepted.
Or can the Commissioner rid me of these concerns? Suppose we had citizens’ initiatives to stop the negotiations with Turkey or to abolish this House – which, of course, would be fantastic. Will the Commission then take them seriously? I would like to hear your thoughts on that.
Madam President, the confidence of citizens in the European Union has already hit rock bottom. I suspect that this citizens’ initiative will do very little to change that and that does not worry me, actually, because the more people recognise the collapse of the European Union, the better."@en1
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