Tratatul de la Lisabona. Declaraţia Republicii Cehe cu privire la Carta drepturilor fundamentale a Uniunii Europene

Nu stim daca ai nostri cercetatori vor fi luat la cunostinta despre existenta unei declaratii foarte interesante a statului membru al UE cu privire la respectivul instrument juridic. Este vorba despre declaratia cu nr. 53 anexata Actului final al Tratatului de la Lisabona.

 

 

53. Declaraţia Republicii Cehe cu privire la Carta drepturilor fundamentale a Uniunii Europene

 

1. Republica Cehă reaminteşte că dispoziţiile Cartei Drepturilor Fundamentale a Uniunii

Europene se adresează instituţiilor şi organismelor Uniunii Europene, cu respectarea principiului subsidiarităţii şi a repartizării competenţelor între Uniunea Europeană şi statele membre, astfel cum se reafirmă în Declaraţia (nr. 18 ) referitoare la delimitarea competenţelor. Republica Cehă subliniază faptul că dispoziţiile acesteia se adresează statelor membre numai în măsura în care acestea pun în aplicare dreptul Uniunii şi nu atunci când acestea adoptă şi pun în aplicare dreptul naţional în mod independent de dreptul Uniunii.

2. Republica Cehă subliniază, de asemenea, faptul că această cartă nu extinde domeniul de aplicare a dreptului Uniunii şi nu instituie noi competenţe ale Uniunii. Aceasta nu restrânge domeniul de aplicare a dreptului naţional şi nu restrânge niciuna dintre competenţele existente ale autorităţilor naţionale în acest domeniu.

3. Republica Cehă subliniază faptul că, în măsura în care carta recunoaşte drepturi şi principii fundamentale, astfel cum rezultă acestea din tradiţiile constituţionale comune statelor membre, aceste drepturi şi principii trebuie să fie interpretate în conformitate cu tradiţiile menţionate.

4. De asemenea, Republica Cehă subliniază că niciuna dintre dispoziţiile cartei nu poate fi interpretată ca restrângând sau aducând atingere drepturilor omului şi libertăţilor fundamentale recunoscute, în domeniile de aplicare corespunzătoare, de dreptul Uniunii şi de convenţiile internaţionale la care Uniunea sau toate statele membre sunt părţi, şi în special de Convenţia europeană pentru apărarea drepturilor omului şi a libertăţilor fundamentale, precum şi prin constituţiile statelor membre.

 

 

Ehei, pe marginea acestei pozitii s-ar putea amplu comenta; numai ca, ridicam noi o intrebare, in masura in care competentele CE s-au extins (semnificativ) in mod indirect (cf. Weiler, prin “absorbtie”), adica diversele reguli ale statelor membre trebuie exercitate cu respectarea principiilor de drept comunitar (cf. CJCE), ce se va intampla in viitor cu diverse materii de competenta exclusiva a acestor state?

Franta- Proiect de lege de revizuire a constitutiei pentru ratificarea Tratatului de la Lisabona

Sa vedem ce fac altii in aceasta privinta. ;)   Ratification du traité de Lisbonne : projet de loi modifiant la Constitution

Lors du Conseil des ministres du 3 janvier 2008, le garde des Sceaux a présenté un projet de loi constitutionnelle qui modifie la Constitution en vue de la ratification du traité de Lisbonne modifiant le traité sur l’Union européenne et le traité instituant la Communauté européenne, signé le 13 décembre 2007 (V. Comm. CE, communiqué IP/07/1922, 13 déc. 2007). Par sa décision du 20 décembre 2007, le Conseil constitutionnel avait déclaré nécessaire une série de modifications (Cons. const., 20 déc. 2007, n° 2007-560 DC : JCP G 2008, act. 17). Le texte présenté comporte, d’une part, des dispositions d’application immédiate qui permettront la ratification du traité par la France. Il modifie, d’autre part, la rédaction du titre XV de la Constitution par des dispositions qui deviendront applicables à partir de l’entrée en vigueur du traité. Cette adaptation reconnaîtra, en outre, de nouvelles prérogatives à l’Assemblée nationale et au Sénat conformément à ce que prévoit le Traité de Lisbonne, en ajoutant à la Constitution de nouveaux articles 88-6 et 88-7. L’article 88-6 définit les conditions dans lesquelles chaque assemblée pourra s’assurer du respect, par les institutions de l’Union européenne, du principe de subsidiarité. Rendus destinataires de certains projets d’actes, l’Assemblée nationale et le Sénat pourront chacun adopter et adresser aux présidents des institutions européennes un avis motivé indiquant les raisons pour lesquelles le principe de subsidiarité pourrait être méconnu. Chaque assemblée pourra, en outre, saisir la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne d’un recours contre un acte adopté qu’elle estimerait contraire au principe de subsidiarité. L’article 88-7 organise la procédure permettant au Parlement, par le vote d’une motion adoptée en termes identiques par les deux assemblées, de faire opposition à la modification des règles d’adoption de certains actes européens dans les cas prévus par les traités. Le projet de loi doit être examiné la semaine du 14 janvier par les députés.

Source Conseil des ministres, 3 janv. 2008, communiqué

(*) Textul proiectului aici (*)

Consiliul constitutional (Franta) & Tratatul de la Lisabona

Da, da, pe 20 decembrie anu’ trecut, instanta respectiva s-a pronuntat. Stirea arata asa:

Plusieurs modifications de la Constitution sont nécessaires pour ratifier le traité de Lisbonne

Le 20 décembre 2007, par sa décision n° 2007-560 DC, le Conseil constitutionnel s’est prononcé sur le traité modifiant le traité sur l’Union européenne et le traité instituant la Communauté européenne signé à Lisbonne le 13 décembre 2007. Il a énuméré à cette occasion les points du traité modificatif impliquant une révision constitutionnelle. Si les dispositions relatives aux droits fondamentaux de l’Union et à la Charte qui les consacre ne soulèvent aucun problème, comme le Conseil a pu l’exprimer dans une décision précédente (Cons. const., 19 nov. 2004, déc. n° 2004-505 DC : JCP A 2005, 1025, par M. Gautier ; Europe 2005, étude 2, par D. Simon), certaines d’entre elles, identiques à leur version initiale au sein du texte de la Constitution européenne ou inédites, nécessiteront une modification de la loi fondamentale.
Il s’agit principalement :
- de dispositions reprenant celles présentes dans le texte de la Constitution européenne, déjà énumérées par le Conseil constitutionnel dans sa décision 2004-505 DC, et portant en particulier sur les modalités d’exercice de compétences déjà transférées (notamment la question du passage du vote à l’unanimité à la majorité qualifiée au sein du Conseil de l’Union européenne) ;
- de dispositions nouvelles relatives aux transferts qu’impliquent les avancées de l’ « l’espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice » ou les pouvoirs nouveaux reconnus aux parlements nationaux pour s’opposer à une révision simplifiée, faire respecter le principe de subsidiarité, ou s’opposer à ce que le droit de la famille soit régi à la majorité qualifiée et non à l’unanimité au sein du Conseil de l’Union européenne.
Le principe de primauté du droit communautaire n’étant pas inscrit dans le traité modificatif, le Conseil n’a pas eu à se prononcer à son sujet (sur ce point, V. notamment Europe 2007, étude 23, par P. Cassia et E. Saulnier-Cassia).

Source
Cons. const., 20 déc. 2007, n° 2007-560 DC
Cons. const., 20 déc. 2007, communiqué

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Si aici decizia (*). Mai multe amanunte cu alta ocazie.

Proclamarea Cartei drepturilor fundamentale

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The leaders of the three main European institutions on Wednesday (12 December) signed a charter of fundamental rights that will be annexed to the EU’s new treaty - but the ceremony faced vocal protests by eurosceptic MEPs demanding a referendum on the document.

The rights charter was signed in the Strasbourg seat of the European Parliament by parliament president Hans-Gert Poettering, European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso and Portuguese prime minister Jose Socrates, the current head of the Council of the EU representing member states.Calling the signature of the document “one of the most important events of my political career”, Mr Socrates also said the event was certainly “a fundamental date in the history of Europe”.

However, a standing ovation by a majority of parliamentarians clashed with jeers by eurosceptic MEPs brandishing banners in protest and wearing black t-shirts with a white “referendum” sign on them, delaying and interrupting the premier’s speech several times.

The parliamentarians were indicating their opposition to the Lisbon treaty and calling for it to be submitted to popular voting.

An “anti-European” incident
After calling on them to let their “guest” speak, the parliament’s president angrily asked them to leave the hemicycle. The protesters stayed however, and after the Portuguese prime minister’s speech, they booed the commission president as well.

“This is the new EU in action, showing the world a united face as they steam-roll towards their own super-state while totally refusing to allow anyone to see a different point of view”, UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who was one of the initiators of the protest, said.

Mr Farage’s party accused the parliament’s television channel of biased coverage and said it was trying to “avoid showing a serious protest in the debating chamber”.

The incident came as a PR blow to the Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL), which does not view itself as eurosceptic but which had initiated the protest, purely because it demands referendums on the treaty.

The booing eurosceptic MEPs subsequently joined the protest and hijacked it.

Francis Wuertz, president of the GUE/NGL group, distanced himself from the incident saying: “I would like on my personal behalf, and I hope - after what we have seen - on behalf of my group, to absolutely condemn the anti-European, chauvinistic and unworthy incident that took place this morning”.

“Of course, we are in favour of a referendum on the Treaty and certainly, we have issues with certain points of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, but this occurrence today was about something completely different (…) There is no space in our vision for chauvinism and for unworthiness”, he stated in a press release.

A fundamental date for Europe
The text of the Charter of fundamental rights of the EU lays out six categories of rights for all EU citizens and residents - dignity, freedoms, equality, solidarity, citizens’ rights and justice.

It will be annexed as a separate declaration to the new treaty that EU leaders will sign in Lisbon on Thursday (13 December) and will be legally binding as soon as the treaty itself enters into force.

“No matter how loud people yell to prevent [other] people from speaking, this is a date of fundamental importance for the history of Europe”, Mr Socrates said, addressing the jeering MEPs.

“This is a charter for equality and solidarity, for fighting against any form of discrimination”, he added.

Although the document will only apply to EU institutions and member states only as far as implementing European laws is concerned, and is not aimed at establishing new EU powers, two member states have decided to opt out from the charter.

The UK and Poland are worried that the European Court of Justice could use the document as a basis to impose certain rights in their countries - London fears the charter may give too many rights to trade unions, while Polish politicians are cautious about the charter’s supposed liberalism on moral issues.

Tratatul de la Lisabona, asa cum arata el in prezent…

Textul tratatului de la Lisabona (decembrie) aici (*).

Danemarca - ratificarea Tratatului de la Lisabona de catre Parlament, iar nu referendum

“The government plans to let parliament ratify the treaty,” Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said after a cabinet meeting on 11 December. 

The PM’s decision was confirmed by the Danish Parliament later in the same day, as a broad majority of MPs rejected a counter-proposal tabled by eurosceptic parties to force through a referendum.

Denmark had been considered as one of the few countries whose constitution could require it to consult its citizens on the text – a move feared by pro-EU politicians following the experience of 2005, when voters in France and the Netherlands rejected the draft EU Constitution in referenda, putting the brakes on important reform of European institutions following the Union’s enlargement. 

The far-right Danish People’s Party, which, though it supports the governing coalition, still believes a referendum is necessary, says voters are being “cheated”. 

According to the constitution, a referendum must take place if a legal review establishes that sovereignty is transferred from Denmark to the EU. However, Rasmussen says a Ministry of Justice review of the final treaty text, agreed by EU leaders last October, has found that the document does not transfer sovereignty from Denmark and that the government is therefore not obliged to call a public consultation. 

The decision will come as a relief to many EU leaders as they prepare for the official signing of the Treaty on 13 December in Lisbon. Indeed, the text is expected to easily win the approval of the Danish Parliament, notably after the opposition Social Democrats and Social Liberals gave their backing to Rasmussen’s decision. 

A referendum, on the other hand, would have been a riskier option, given Denmark’s ambivalent relationship with the EU. In a 1992 referendum, Danes declined to adopt the Maastricht Treaty, only approving it one year later after the government negotiated a series of opt-outs, notably in the fields of justice and home affairs and defence co-operation. In a separate ballot in 2000, Danes also rejected the euro in favour of the Danish crown. 

Following his re-election for a third term as Danish prime minister last month though, Rasmussen hopes to put an end to these opt-outs, with a second round of referenda, most notably on the adoption of the euro. 

Rasmussen said he did not know whether his decision would influence the political decision-making process in other countries. “Each country has a sovereign right to make its decision based on constitutional requirements, traditions and customs. We have made our decision based on Danes’ traditions and customs,” he said. 

Ireland is now the only country which is constitutionally bound to a popular vote. Other potential candidates for a referendum, including France, the Netherlands and the UK, have all said they would also have the new EU Treaty passed through their national parliaments, despite citizens’ pressure for a public consultation. 

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Polonia - Aceeasi pozitie fata de Carta

Scriam anterior despre pozitia Poloniei fata de Carta drepturilor fundamentale (*).

Acum s-a clarificat (*):

“Before Mr Tusk’s party came to power, the previous government led by the president’s twin, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, announced that Poland would join Britain in opting out of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The document features in the EU Reform Treaty as no more than a short reference but Mr Kaczynski’s coalition was concerned that some of the charter’s provisions relating to moral and family issues could contradict Polish law. There was particular concern about same-sex marriages which are legal in a number of EU member states. The new government has no such objection and the prime minister told the Polish parliament that his party and its coalition ally, the Peasants’ Party, were in favour of signing up to it. But Mr Tusk told MPs that the opt-out would remain because he needed the support of Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s party in order to reach the two-thirds majority required to ratify the Reform Treaty as a whole. “Our European Union partners understand our situation,” he said”.

Schimbarile politice din Polonia si soarta Cartei drepturilor fundamentale

Asadar, am gasit o discutie interesanta pe un blog informat, cu privire la noile schimbari rezultate in urma alegerilor anticipate din Polonia; respectivul stat a optat pentru exceptarea sa de la aplicarea faimoasei Carte.

Numai ca situatia politica ramane incerta si, in plus, revenirea asupra acestui aspect ar implica o serie de complicatii procedurale…

Cititi aici (*)

Valery Giscard d’Estaing & referendumurile nationale asupra Tratatului de la Lisabona…

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EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The EU’s new treaty is the same as the rejected constitution - only the format has been changed to avoid referendums, says Valery Giscard d’Estaing, architect of the constitution.

In an open letter published in Le Monde and a few other European newspapers over the weekend, the former French president seeks to clarify the difference between former draft constitution - which was shelved after French and Dutch voters rejected the text in 2005 - and the new Lisbon Treaty which EU leaders agreed earlier this month.

“Looking at the content, the result is that the institutional proposals of the constitutional treaty … are found complete in the Lisbon Treaty, only in a different order and inserted in former treaties,” Mr Giscard d’Estaing said.

The former chairman of the European Convention - the body of over a hundred politicians that drafted the 2004 EU constitution – suggests the new more complicated layout was only to avoid putting the treaty to a referendum.

“Above all, it is to avoid having referendum thanks to the fact that the articles are spread out and constitutional vocabulary has been removed,” he says

Mr Giscard argues that the Lisbon treaty represents a way for the EU institutions to take the lead after the “interference” of the members of parliament and politicians who were in the European Convention.

“They are therefore imposing a return to the language that they master and to the procedures they favour, and in doing so alienate the citizens further,” he said.

Mr Giscard’s word are likely to fuel the calls for referendums in the UK and Denmark where the governments are arguing that there is no need for a public poll on the Lisbon Treaty because it is sufficiently different from the EU constitution.

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Tratatul de la Lisabona- textele convenite

Fostul “Tratat de reforma”. Texte convenite pe 18/19 octombrie a.c. la Lisabona.

Aici.

Senatul italian - dosar privind proiectul de mandat pt. CIG

Il progetto di mandato alla Conferenza intergovernativa per la riforma dei Trattati europei16 luglio 2007

Aici (it.)

Protocolul nr. 7 - aplicarea Cartei in Polonia & Marea Britanie

“PROTOCOL (nr. 7) PRIVIND APLICAREA CARTEI DREPTURILOR FUNDAMENTALE ÎN POLONIA ŞI ÎN REGATUL UNIT

ÎNALTELE PĂRŢI CONTRACTANTE,

ÎNTRUCÂT, în articolul 6 din Tratatul privind Uniunea Europeană, Uniunea recunoaşte drepturile, libertăţile şi principiile prevăzute în Carta drepturilor fundamentale;

ÎNTRUCÂT Carta trebuie aplicată în conformitate strânsă cu dispoziţiile sus-menţionatului articol 6 şi cu Titlul VII al Cartei înseşi;

ÎNTRUCÂT sus-menţionatul articol 6 prevede aplicarea şi interpretarea Cartei de către tribunalele de pe teritoriul Poloniei şi al Regatului Unit în conformitate strânsă cu explicaţiile la care se face referire în acest articol;

ÎNTRUCÂT Carta conţine atât drepturi, cât şi principii;

ÎNTRUCÂT Carta conţine atât dispoziţii cu caracter civil şi politic, cât şi dispoziţii cu caracter economic şi social;

ÎNTRUCÂT Carta reafirmă drepturile, libertăţile şi principiile recunoscute în cadrul Uniunii şi face ca aceste drepturi să fie mai vizibile, dar nu creează noi drepturi sau principii;

REAMINTIND obligaţiile care revin Poloniei şi Regatului Unit în conformitate cu Tratatul privind Uniunea Europeană, Tratatul privind funcţionarea Uniunii Europene şi dreptul Uniunii în general;

LUÂND NOTĂ de dorinţa Poloniei şi a Regatului Unit de a clarifica anumite aspecte ale aplicării Cartei;

DORIND prin urmare să clarifice aplicarea Cartei faţă de legile şi măsurile administrative ale Poloniei şi ale Regatului Unit şi capacitatea acesteia de a fi invocată în faţa unui tribunal în Polonia şi în Regatul Unit;

REAFIRMÂND că referirile la aplicarea dispoziţiilor speciale din Cartă prevăzute în prezentul protocol nu aduc absolut niciun prejudiciu aplicării celorlalte dispoziţii ale Cartei;

REAFIRMÂND că prezentul protocol nu aduce nici un prejudiciu punerii în aplicare a Cartei în celelalte state membre;

REAFIRMÂND că prezentul protocol nu afectează în nici un fel celelalte obligaţii ale Poloniei şi ale Regatului Unit astfel cum decurg acestea din Tratatul privind Uniunea Europeană, Tratatul privind funcţionarea Uniunii Europene şi dreptul Uniunii în general;

AU CONVENIT cu privire la dispoziţiile următoare, care se anexează la Tratatul privind Uniunea Europeană şi la Tratatul privind funcţionarea Uniunii Europene:

Articolul 1

1. Carta nu extinde capacitatea Curţii de Justiţie a Uniunii Europene, şi a niciunei alte curţi sau tribunal de pe teritoriul Poloniei sau al Regatului Unit, să considere că legile, regulamentele sau dispoziţiile practicile sau acţiunile administrative ale Poloniei sau ale Regatului Unit contravin drepturilor fundamentale, libertăţilor şi principiilor pe care aceasta le reafirmă.

2. În special, şi pentru eliminarea oricărui dubiu, nimic din Titlul IV al Cartei nu creează pentru Polonia sau pentru Regatul Unit drepturi care să poată fi invocate în faţa unui tribunal, cu excepţia cazului în care Polonia sau Regatul Unit a prevăzut astfel de drepturi în legislaţia sa naţională.

Articolul 2

În măsura în care o dispoziţie a Cartei face referire la dreptul şi practicile interne, aceasta se va aplica Poloniei sau Regatului Unit numai în măsura în care drepturile şi principiile pe care le conţine sunt recunoscute de dreptul şi practicile Poloniei sau ale Regatului Unit”.

Asadar… protocolul se anunta drept unul dintre cele mai interesante locuri din tratat. d.p.d.v. juridic & politic…

Proiectul de tratat de reforma

A aparut acum cateva zile; il puteti vedea aici, inclusiv in lb. romana.

Detalii ulterior.

Danemarca - se face sau nu referendum pentru tratatele de reforma?

“EU eyes have turned to Denmark as the remaining member state where the government has not yet said whether it will have a referendum on the new Reform Treaty.The centre-right government – headed by prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen - says it cannot make a decision before it knows whether the reformed treaty will lead to a handover of power from the Danish government to the EU.

Its assessment, it adds, can only begin once the 27 EU member states have agreed to a final deal on the treaty.

Portugal – the current holder of the rotating EU presidency – as well as the European Commission are hoping that the document’s text will be finalised during an EU leaders summit in Lisbon on 18-19 October and officially introduced in 2009.

Legal experts in the Danish justice ministry will examine whether the reformed treaty represents any “delegation of powers” from the state to the EU – something that would automatically trigger the need for a referendum under the Nordic country’s constitution.

If the experts conclude that the EU treaty does not represent a handover of power, then it becomes a political question of whether to hold a popular vote.

But Copenhagen – as with other member states – did as much as possible in the treaty negotiations to ensure that it will not have to have a poll.

It drew up a list of nine points which it said could no longer be included in the draft treaty if it was to avoid having a referendum. These points were then removed from the draft text.

Majority in favour of a referendum
A July opinion poll showed that more than half of voters (52.7%) wanted a referendum. The Danes had even scheduled a referendum on the EU Constitution in 2005 but cancelled it after France and the Netherlands voted no.

If the legal experts find that there is “delegation of powers” from Copenhagen to Brussels in the reform treaty, only a majority of five-sixths in the national assembly - the so-called Folketinget - can agree to the treaty without holding a referendum.

Morten Messerschmidt - the EU spokesman for the Danish People’s Party says that as the EU is a facing a big restructuring of political power, then the population should be taken into consideration.

“When you wish to move so much power out of the member states then it is a condition that we can assure that the people are also willing to move all this power out of the countries. And that can only be secured with a referendum,” Mr Messerschmidt told EUobserver.

His party has 23 seats in the 179-seat parliament and is a strategic partner of the governing Liberal and Conservative parties when pushing through new laws.

It is also the biggest group in the assembly wanting a referendum no matter what the outcome of the legal assessment.

Svend Auken, EU spokesperson from the Danish opposition party, the Social Democrats, argues that if the legal experts conclude that there is no handover of power, then there is no need for a referendum as it could have consequences for Europe.

He recently argued that a decision to have a referendum in Denmark could put pressure on the UK’s Gordon Brown also to hold such a popular vote.

And if the Danes would vote no – as they initially did for the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 – then it would have a negative impact on European cooperation and Denmark’s place in the EU.

So far, only Ireland has said it will definitely have a referendum. Other question mark countries were the Netherlands and the UK. The Dutch cabinet last week said it would not have a public poll while London is also resisting domestic political pressure to have one”.

Sursa

Actualizat suna asa:

“In a surprise move, the political spokesperson for the governing conservative party in Denmark, Pia Christmas-Møller, has spoken out in favour of a referendum on the EU’s Refom Treaty, calling it ‘idiotic’ not to put it to a public poll”.

In intregime aici.

Olanda nu mai organizeaza referendum pentru “tratatele de reforma”

Asadar… 
“The Dutch Labour party has rejected the idea of holding a referendum on the EU’s Reform Treaty, making the chances of a public poll in the country extremely unlikely.

After a long meeting on Tuesday (25 September), an overwhelming majority of Labour MPs indicated they were against asking Dutch citizens their opinion on the Reform Treaty, which is to be finalised by EU member states at the end of this year.

According to Labour MP Mariette Hamer, quoted by Elsevier, there was no vote on the issue among the MPs as “a majority did not feel the need for a referendum.”

She added that only about three MPs had pleaded in favour of a poll.

The news is bound to come as a relief to both Dutch prime minister Jan-Peter Balkenende as well as Brussels.

The Dutch cabinet last week decided against a referendum but the Labour Party - which is in government with Mr Balkendende’s Christian Democrats - indicated it might push ahead with an own-initiative referendum backed by the leftist parties, the socialists and D66.

It was an own initiative bill that led to the referendum on the original EU constitution in 2005, which Dutch citizens rejected by a strong majority.

Without the Labour party onboard however, the socialists and D66 do not have enough support to get the idea through parliament.

Europe minister Frans Timmermans indicated he was happy with the outcome and rejected calls that Labour had broken election campaign promises to have a referendum.

Meanwhile, head of the Labour faction, Jacques Tichelaar, argued that the Reform Treaty is “substantially different” from the rejected EU constitution.

The news that the Netherlands is almost certain not to have a referendum is set to strengthen the political hand of other governments currently undergoing internal debate on the issue.

The UK’s Gordon Brown is under strong pressure to have a poll from national media as well as from politicians within his own labour party and opposition Conservatives.

Denmark is another country where the referendum decision is being watched closely. It has said it will not decide until the treaty is finalised.

Only Ireland has definitely said it will ask its citizens.

EU leaders were careful to ensure during pre-summer negotiations that possible referendum-inducing clauses were removed from the treaty text so as not to risk having a repeat of the 2005 shock when both France and the Netherlands said ‘No’ to the EU constitution”.

Sursa

J. Borrell & “diversitatea” de interese in UE

Stirea e notabila, pentru ca exprima un punct de vedere transant.

“The European Union is too big and too diverse to be able to rally around common political projects needed to survive, the former president of the European Parliament has said.

Speaking at the Menéndez Pelayo International University in Santander, Spain last week, Spanish socialist MEP Josep Borrell said, “we are suffering from a crisis of heterogeneity and growth”.

“We are many and with many different visions of the world, so our will is not unanimous and the political project is yet to be defined,” he said according to Spanish press reports, adding that “you cannot grow from six to 27 with impunity.”

He argued that the EU lacked a common political project, leaving one asking “what are we united for?”

“Alone, the European countries are impotent. If we want to survive we need to unite,” he warned.

Mr Borrell held the presidency of the European Parliament from July 2004 to January 2007″.

Sursa

Alte explicatiuni la proiectele de tratate

S-a realizat o statistica… si s-a descoperit ca… 

The draft Reform Treaty would repeal or amend every single Article of the 62 Articles of the current Treaty on European Union (TEU) and would make 296 amendments to the 318 Articles of the current Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC). It would also amend or repeal most of the current 36 Protocols to the current Treaties as well as many Articles of the separate Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (the Euratom Treaty). Finally, it would add a number of new Protocols and Declarations to the Treaties.

Asadar, un intreg material pe tema aceasta, proaspat, la “Statewatch analyses“.

Avizul Comisiei Europene pentru CIG

Reformarea Europei pentru secolul 21: Comisia adoptă avizul său oficial înainte de Conferinţa interguvernamentală - stire din 10 iulie a.c.

Comunicarea COM(2007) 412 final (ro)

 chestiuni procedurale despre CIG.

Textul tratatelor UE

Am descoperit, cu interes, in “blogosfera” globalizata, textul tratatelor ce resusciteaza defunctul “tratat constitutional”, cu sublinierile (in rosu) ale modificarilor propuse. textul este in (limba franceza).

 1. Tratatul asupra functionarii UE (Tratatul CE)

2. Tratatul UE

Evident, prima sursa este site-ul Consiliului. si mai precis… pagina web cu proiectul tratatelor.