Re: EU Constitution, yes or no?

Nils Zonneveld wrote:

> 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.
> 
> Any thoughts about it?


Before I can answer that question, I would need to see what the final
document looks like. 

Jan
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> Nils