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Sophie Banasiak
Jan 25, 2012, 4:42:56 AM1/25/12
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il pourrait être intéressant d'articuler la question de la constitution avec la modification en cours des traités européens, en montrant que le référendum que l'on propose n'est pas seulement défensif mais offensif, positif
j'ai vu dans un CR d'une réunion précédente qu'il était question de voir ce qui se passe dans d'autres pays, on m'a dit qu'en Italie il y avait une réflexion sur une constituante, je crois avoir vu passer ça aussi pour Barcelone, il y a les Etats-Unis... Je peux chercher des contacts, via la commission réseau et d'autres réseaux, si certains veulent aussi travailler sur les contacts à l'étranger on peut essayer de se coordonner
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j'ai vu dans un CR d'une réunion précédente qu'il était question de voir ce qui se passe dans d'autres pays, on m'a dit qu'en Italie il y avait une réflexion sur une constituante, je crois avoir vu passer ça aussi pour Barcelone, il y a les Etats-Unis... Je peux chercher des contacts, via la commission réseau et d'autres réseaux, si certains veulent aussi travailler sur les contacts à l'étranger on peut essayer de se coordonner
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From: Kenneth Haar <ken...@corporateeurope.org>
Date: 2012/1/24
Subject: [attacsem] Austerity Treaty: call for referendums
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Date: 2012/1/24
Subject: [attacsem] Austerity Treaty: call for referendums
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Will any ATTAC-groups campaign for a referendum?
/Kenneth, Denmark
BLOGPOST, CORPORATE EUROPE OBSERVATORY
AUSTERITY TREATY: NO DEMOCRACY WITHOUT REFERENDUMS
The only way the public is likely to be consulted on the changes to the European Union that are being made in response to the euro crisis, is if citizens force governments to hold referendums. This urgent battle for democracy must be won.
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Within days a new legal creature will most likely have taken its final shape: an EU treaty that is not really an EU treaty. European Union rules stipulate that new treaties have to be approved by all member states, so with the UK vetoing the proposals, member state governments chose to be creative. In the late hours of the EU summit in December they outlined a text that will expand the role of the EU and affect the role of the EU institutions in key decisions on member states’ policies, that will reinterpret and change the functioning of the existing EU treaty, and yet – due to the British veto – it won’t be an EU treaty.
Though negotiations haven’t finished yet, the key elements seem to be set in stone: mainly, the treaty will force member states to stick to ‘balanced budgets’ from now on with harsher rules to drive expenditure down – even stricter than the existing rules that only allow for a deficit of 3 % of GDP. It’s hard to exaggerate the consequences.
Read more
http://www.corporateeurope.org/blog/austerity-treaty-no-democracy-without-referendums
/Kenneth, Denmark
BLOGPOST, CORPORATE EUROPE OBSERVATORY
AUSTERITY TREATY: NO DEMOCRACY WITHOUT REFERENDUMS
The only way the public is likely to be consulted on the changes to the European Union that are being made in response to the euro crisis, is if citizens force governments to hold referendums. This urgent battle for democracy must be won.
*
Within days a new legal creature will most likely have taken its final shape: an EU treaty that is not really an EU treaty. European Union rules stipulate that new treaties have to be approved by all member states, so with the UK vetoing the proposals, member state governments chose to be creative. In the late hours of the EU summit in December they outlined a text that will expand the role of the EU and affect the role of the EU institutions in key decisions on member states’ policies, that will reinterpret and change the functioning of the existing EU treaty, and yet – due to the British veto – it won’t be an EU treaty.
Though negotiations haven’t finished yet, the key elements seem to be set in stone: mainly, the treaty will force member states to stick to ‘balanced budgets’ from now on with harsher rules to drive expenditure down – even stricter than the existing rules that only allow for a deficit of 3 % of GDP. It’s hard to exaggerate the consequences.
Read more
http://www.corporateeurope.org/blog/austerity-treaty-no-democracy-without-referendums
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Jonathan Moadab
Jan 25, 2012, 7:36:22 AM1/25/12
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Il n'y a rien à attendre des traités européens, l'exemple de la Hongrie nous le démontre actuellement.
La solution européenne repose dans les révolutions nationales. Que chacun avance à son rythme.
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