Next year we get to vote on a referendum whether the Netherlands should
approve of the proposed EU Constitution or not.
I'm really in doubt. I want a more democratic EU. The proposed EU
constitution could give more of that, but far from enough. We also had a
stability pact for the Euro which has proven worthless. Why should we
give consent to another set of deals if the big countries don't give a
shit about deals when it's inconvenient to them?
In the proposed constitution power still isn't fully checked by directly
chosen representatives. To change that you'll need an unanimous vote of
all (soon to be 25!) member states. That means it will be impossible to
amend the constitution.
At the other hand, if we vote no, we return to the present status quo,
which is also far from perfect.
