Re: EU Constitution, yes or no?

Nils Zonneveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> 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.

You can borrow the British constitution - our Tony doesn't seem to be
using it right now! Just don't put anything silly in the EU
Constitution such as the 'right to bear arms'. In all seriousness I
think corruption comes with big government and the ruling elites of
wealthy nations - having a codified constitution hasn't prevented
corruption in the US and won't in Europe however high-minded certain
Europeans get about the superiority of European values! I find it
bizarre that those with a big agenda for European integration want to
be less like America by trying to be more like her – no European
federalist has ever really explained this Orwellian paradox and
perhaps somebody reading this could.

> 
> Any thoughts about it?
> 
> 
> Nils