Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-08-Speech-3-049"
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"Mr President, continuing with the ratification procedure in the remaining Member States would have the attraction of showing that this Constitution does have the support of the majority of Member States and of the peoples of the European Union. But it is a risky strategy in some ways. It risks further 'noes', it risks giving the impression that we are proceeding with business as usual without listening, and of course it also poses the question of whether you can easily ask the French or the Dutch to vote again on the same text without further ado. Something else has to happen.
We need the European Council to agree collectively on how to proceed. It is no good some countries going ahead with ratification whilst others have pronounced the text dead. We need a common agreement. I think that agreement must comprise a pause for reflection at some stage for further debate and for further adjustment, with two stages. Firstly at national level: those countries that have said 'no' or that risk saying 'no' must be able to think and tell the rest of the European Union how they see the way forward, what adjustments they think are necessary. Then secondly at European level: we must make this a European debate, not just another quick IGC behind closed doors, but a public debate.
That is why I think reconvening a new Convention with a new president might not be such a bad idea. It does after all meet in public. It involves national parliamentarians. It involves people from governing parties and opposition parties. It would be the way forward. It would get far more public attention than the previous Convention.
There is no easy way forward. We must find a way because we cannot afford to lose the reforms contained in this Constitution. We need a European Union that is more effective and more democratic."@en1
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