EU constitution *dictatorship* under fire

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The first draft of a future European Union constitution has run into sharp criticism, just hours after its release.

The UK Government was one of the first to call for changes to the draft, raising concerns about use of the word "federal" and suggestions that the EU would have powers to control foreign and economic policy.

"This is a one-way street to an EU state," Reuters news agency quoted Danish MEP Jens-Peter Bonde as saying.

"This track will lead us to a deeper level of integration than in the United States."

The 16 articles include the following :

9: The constitution shall have primacy over the law of the member states

13: The union shall co-ordinate the economic policies of the member states

14: Member states shall support the union's common foreign and security policy and shall refrain from action contrary to the union's interests or likely to undermine its effectiveness.

The BBC's William Horsley says the draft reflects the wish of Germany and some other states for the EU to act much more like a single state with a single government.

 

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Officials in Brussels have omitted the word God from the European Union's future constitution

Among them are statements of respect for member countries' national identity and for human rights, as well as commitments to social justice and the environment.

But none of the chapters mentions any deity, or any explicitly religious or Christian values supposed to underpin the European project.

Some countries - particularly Poland, a future EU member - had argued for such a mention.

The Vatican and smaller denominations, including Jewish, Muslim and Protestant organisations, have also advocated its inclusion.

But others - including France, a strictly secular state - have strongly opposed it.

One UK representative at the convention, Welsh Secretary Peter Hain, said the draft did not reflect a consensus of people on the convention.

"A lot of representatives are wondering whether the people who drew up this document have been going to a different convention," PA news agency quoted him as saying.

God missing from EU constitution

Looks to me like some of these liberal socialist politicians are trying to form a West European version of Eastern Europe’s defunct Warsaw Pact.