Bullet points: Why the EU Constitution is undemocratic
Quotes from Thomas' speech:
Constitution consists of 4 parts, 448 articles, 36 Protocols, 2 annexes, 30 Declarations to the regulations of Constitution, 11 Declarations to the attached Protocols, 9 Declarations of the member states. 349 pages of Constitution, 382 pages of Protocols and Annexes, 121 pages of Declarations
Altogether: 852 pages - so much about simplification"
"Art. I-12 (2) says '(..) The Member States shall exercise their competence to the extent that the Union has not exercised, (…) its competence' - In reality, these areas with shared competence are areas with the de facto right of primacy of the EU over the member states."
"The EU is responsible only for areas for which tasks were conferred on it by the member states. With the FLEXIBILITY CLAUSE - Article I-18 - this principle can be overruled. It is an instrument for further centralisation without legitimation by the member states."
"If national parliaments consider EU law to violate the PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY they have the right to complain. But only if 1/3 of all the national parliaments submit a reasoned opinion within 6 weeks. But even IF they manage to do so this only leads to a 'review' of the draft legislation by the EU Commission."
"The EU in its basic construction does not provide sufficient democracy. The proposed EU Constitution increases and accelerates this alarming process."
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