Comments on: Repatriation of powers really is smoke and mirrors 2013/04/11/repatriation-of-powers-really-is-smoke-and-mirrors/ London MEP European Parliament Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Daniel Oxley 2013/04/11/repatriation-of-powers-really-is-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-13143 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:37:28 +0000 ?p=20480#comment-13143 While I completely agree with Martin that the Lisbon Treaty stands in the way of democracy, like Mary, I doubt very much if it will be renegotiated. The Treaty is a very significant document and it is the EU Constitution in all but name. National constitutions are not renegotiated lightly and not after so little time.
Many people claim that the Lisbon Treaty is not a constitution but two leading figures in the EU disagree. Angela Merkel said that the two things were virtually the same as did Valery Giscard d’Estainge. VGE’s opinion should count for something, it was he who wrote the EU Constitution.

]]> By: Martin 2013/04/11/repatriation-of-powers-really-is-smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-12946 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:38:00 +0000 ?p=20480#comment-12946 If the EU is to be a genuinely democratic organisation the Lisbon Treaty has to be renegotiated. The Treaty put forward constitutional measures that could not be obtained by the normal constitutional process – a referendum. Ethics is about contant, not form, and those who use form to manipulate content are acting unethically.

Cameron and Miliband should act together to uphold democracy… just as Britain did during the war against a sea of non-democracy in Europe. Europe is increasingly becoming not a democracy, but a neo-liberal dictatorship.

I was clearing out papers last week and came across a Fabian pamphlet about a meeting on Europe in which Jacques Delors spoke out against neo-liberalism. You hear little about this these days among Socialist leaders… they have to my mind walked blindly into it.

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