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Being resolutely opposed to the idea of a European Constitution, which assumes the existence of a ‘European people’ – this is far from the case at present, there are only the peoples of the Member States – I am opposed to this report.
The Charter, which was drafted under very controversial circumstances, in no way seeks to strengthen the protection of fundamental rights within the Community legal framework; this is a mere pretext. Several instruments already exist: the case law of the European Court of Justice, the European Convention on Human Rights, and, above all, the national constitutions (the status of which should be profoundly re-assessed) which perform this duty perfectly well.
The Charter has just one ambition, which is clearly expressed in the report: to become the preamble to the phoney European constitution. This constitutes, by means of a text whose legal force could be significant (it will have priority status within primary legislation) and whose scope could seriously affect the constitutional traditions of the States, a decisive attack on the national sovereignties.
Furthermore, in placing the main elements of the national constitutions under the exclusive control of the European Court of Justice, this report shows an intolerable and offensive lack of confidence in the Member States. The letter and the spirit of this report are quite simply unacceptable."@en1
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