Re: EU Constitution, yes or no?

? "Nils Zonneveld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ?????? ??? ??????
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> 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?


You put too many questions, more of them impossible to answer with certainty
!
It's a quite exact reflection of every European's fears:-)

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> Nils