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Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 4:02 PM
Subject: [cicdd] EU Referendum and EU
Constitution
5/30/2005
Dear All who are remarking on the EU Referendum and
EU Constitution
The EU --------constitution
There seems to be confusion on what is being voted upon.
The EU is quite well established and is not likely to be "voted out". It would
likely take a massive political uprising to stop the EU from forming.
There-fore, you are not voting on whether to have a EU or not, the vote is
strictly to accept the EU Constitution as written or not. That said, I believe
a European Government is in the best interest of Europeans. To
accomplish this without severely disrupting cultural and societal established
norms is problematic. It requires that each Nation have definite input and
compromise be accomplished which protects the Liberties of Nation states as
well as individuals.
The initial forming of the EU was corporate. (1958) The
function was trade and economics and included developing an EU bank. Of course
this money control also provides control of other things, which could be the
dilemma. They who control the money, controls all. This CORPORATE structure
has designed this EU Constitution. It is no surprise it favors CORPORATIONS
not people.
The
Treaty of Rome
refers to the treaty which established the European Economic Community
(EEC) and was signed by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg on March 25, 1957. Its original full name
was Treaty establishing the European Economic Community -- however the
Treaty of Maastricht amended
it and among other things removed the word "Economic" from the name of both
the community and the treaty. The treaty is therefore now generally called the
Treaty establishing the European Community or the EC Treaty.
Came into force 1 January 1958.
Reading
the EU Constitution soon shows the totally dictatorial and un-democratic
structure it envisions.
The President of the European Commission is
notionally the highest ranking unelected official within
the European Union.
http://www.answers.com/topic/president-of-the-european-commission
Supranationalism is a method of
decision-making in international organizations, where power is held by
independent appointed officials or by representatives elected by the
legislatures or people of the member states. Member-state governments still
have power, but they must share this power with other actors. Furthermore,
decisions are made by majority votes, hence it is possible for a member-state
to be forced
by the other member-states to implement a decision against its will.
Of course the people think they have a voice
in the EU Parliament. Although attempts were made in
the 1980s and 90s to expand its powers, the parliament remains largely a
consultative body. In most cases its opinion is not binding; the
final vote on legislation proposed by the European Commission , as well
as amendments proposed by the parliament, rests with the Council of the European Union
. If your "elected" representatives in the EU
Parliament have no power, YOU have no power.
Oh, the Council has the power? who are they? It gets real
confusing but eventually you can track the power to Corporate heads. Is this
who you want to have that kind of power over you?
So the "vote" is truly on acceptance of the EU
Constitution, not whether to form an EU or not. In my opinion, the EU
Constitution should be shredded and a totally new EU Constitution written with
input from the people as is possible now with the Net.
If Europe accepts this EU Constitution, with no basic
rights, no divided powers, no ability to directly affect the decisions being
made, I believe that Europeans will become slaves to the master.
Article I-46: The principle of participatory democracy
A significant number of citizens, no less than one million,
coming from a significant number of Member States may invite the Commission to
submit any appropriate proposal on matters where citizens consider that a
legal act of the Union is required for the purpose of implementing this
Constitution. A European law shall determine the provisions
regarding the specific procedures and conditions required for such a citizens'
request.
Unfortunately many believe Article I-46 provides for
I&R. It does not. It makes provision that a law shall be made to determine
specific procedures. This "law" will be made by the people that provided the
EU Parliament as advisory. The
people will not make this law, they will have to follow it.
Right now, provision (law) could be made for the EU
Ombudsman to recruit one person from each nation and write provisions for
I&R&R which could only be changed by a referendum of all the people of
the EU. This "law" would need to be in the "new" EU Constitution. The EU
Constitution does allow changes, even though it is being voted upon. (strange)
The US does not need a EU Clone of us, we need a
democratic EU which will help us save US.
The present un-democratic EU Constitution must be
defeated.
Sincerely, Bruce
"In sharing, in loving
all and everything, one people naturally found a due portion
of the thing they sought,
while in
fearing, the other found need of conquest."
Chief Luther Standing Bear -
Oglala Sioux
Bruce Eggum, Gresham Wisconsin, USA
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