Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-06-07-Speech-4-033"
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"en.20070607.3.4-033"2
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"Mr President, efforts have been made over the last two years within the European Union to find a sensible way out of the crisis situation that arose after the Constitutional Treaty was rejected by the people of France and the Netherlands. Several ways of simplifying the operation of the Union’s ossified structures have been suggested during the so-called period of reflection. It actually seems that all that time has been wasted, because the only proposals made amount to slimming down the old treaty whilst retaining the majority of its key provisions.
The intention is to present the slimmed down text to the countries who have already ratified the first treaty as if it were essentially an unchanged version of the original document. It will, however, be presented to the other countries as something completely new, a compromise document. Such action goes far beyond the usual manipulation of the nations of Europe. In addition, it is even planned to deny the nations the opportunity of making their views known through referenda. I believe we should strongly oppose all of this."@en1
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