European constitution Archive

  • A European Referendum for a European Constitution

    A European Referendum for a European Constitution: strategy and action of the federalist organisation

    By Richard Laming Based on a speech, given at the Ventotene seminar, 4 September 2007 Thank you for the invitation to speak on the subject of the campaign for the referendum on the constitution. It is always a pleasure to come to Ventotene to discuss...

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  • RomanHerzoghead

    Roman Herzog and Lüder Gerken: is Germany a parliamentary democracy? (14/01/07)

    “And so the question arises whether Germany can still be referred to unconditionally as a parliamentary democracy at all, because the separation of powers as a fundamental constituting principle of the constitutional order in Germany has been cancelled out for large sections of the legislation...

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  • Sir Alex Ferguson (picture FvS / Flickr)

    Come on you Reds

    The summit taking place later this week is provoking a lot of discussion and activity among the federalists. The central arguments of the campaign by the UEF are that the summit should commit (1) to agreeing a European constitution and (2) to putting that constitution...

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  • Jürgen Habermas

    Jürgen Habermas: A silent majority in favour of Europe

    “In today’s tense, multi-polar situation, European unification makes it possible for us to play a role which no one could have foreseen back at the start of the East-West conflict. At the outset, “Europe” was a response to internal problems; today, when we think about...

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  • Mercedes Bresso, president of the UEF

    New campaign for a European referendum attracts public support – Let the European people decide!

    Saturday 17 March 2007 A new campaign for a European referendum on the European constitution was launched in Berlin on Saturday 17 March. The campaign calls for a consultative referendum on the constitution in all EU member states at the time of the next European...

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  • Max van den Berg (picture Richard Broekhuijzen)

    Max van den Berg: a more concise and relevant text

    If a new treaty is to focus primarily on the concerns of the citizens, the Charter should definitely be included. The Dutch citizens have already indicated that they are hugely in favour of European cooperation. Everybody profits from a more democratic, simple and effective Europe....

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  • Angela Merkel (picture European Commission)

    Merkel’s headache

    By Richard Laming Published in The Prague Post, 14 February 2007 German Chancellor Angela Merkel probably didn’t get the reception she had hoped for when she visited Prague in January. She came to discuss the future of the European constitution, as part of her European tour,...

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  • Dominique de Villepin (picture David Mendiboure - Service photo de Matignon)

    Dominique de Villepin: in favour of a European referendum (3/2/07)

    Dominique de Villepin aurait-il, pour l’Europe, de plus hautes ambitions que Nicolas Sarkozy ? C’est ce qu’il a laissé entendre jeudi à  Bucarest où, lors d’une rencontre avec des étudiants roumains, il s’est prononcé pour la mise en chantier d’un traité constitutionnel amélioré, soumis pour...

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  • Heads of the national governments in the EU  (picture Council of the European Union)

    To the European Heads of Government gathering in Madrid on 26 January 2007

    Brussels, 23 January 2007 The last important step in the European integration process was taken in Maastricht in 1991, when the then 12 member states of the European Union decided to establish an economic and monetary union. The EU has more than doubled in membership...

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  • Ségolène Royal (picture European Commission)

    France’s Royal wants new EU constitution referendum

    Segolene Royal, the socialist candidate to become France’s next president, has said she is in favour of holding a new referendum on a revised EU constitution in 2009, proposing to make the treaty more attractive to the French by attaching a social declaration. “I want...

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