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The Margaret Thatcher speech forever remembered by central europeans (We shall always look on Warsaw, Prague and Budapest as great European cities) is better known elsewhere for making euroscepticism respectable. It launched an alternative concept of Europe as active cooperation between independent sovereign states instead of momentum towards a European super-state. It is ever more widely popular and helped sink the Constitutional Treaty - highly ironic, as the new Treaty would have been the first to remove the explicit aim of ever closer union.
It also gave powers to national parliaments and, most importantly, the European Council. This is the most powerful organ of the EU, with the last word on almost everything. It is European in name only, however, being actually Member States Presidents and Prime-Ministers. It was the Council that decided to freeze the Constitution and hold a period of reflection for a year or two. Dont be surprised when the rejected document resurfaces: the European Parliament is debating it already and the 2007 Council Presidents (Germany and Finland) plan to start the ratification process again. When you hear this, dont think that of faceless bureaucrats short-circuiting democracy: these decisions were made by your prime-minister, directly elected and directly accountable. It would be nice if this was better reflected in the news sometimes. Meanwhile, there are sound arguments for trying again, such as the fact that far more people and countries have accepted than rejected it. In particular, strong evidence shows that both French and Dutch rejected the document for reasons other than its contents and both have large majorities apparently wanting the European project to move forward. After two years of difficult negotiations it is not clear how anything better could emerge. In the past both Ireland and Denmark rejected Treaties and later voted yes. If you are tempted to cry foul at this, consider whether the last election results should stand forever. Or, maybe circumstances and opinions change over time and electorates should be allowed to express their opinions again. If you think a yes vote would never be run again, note that the new Treaty is the first to have an exit clause allowing countries to leave the EU neatly and the first to give citizens (one million) power to initiate legislation.
The other way forward is to put the constitutional debate to one side and use the time, energy and limited resources the EU has to make it work better with the institutional framework that, for better or worse, we have: improving economic co-ordination to increase competitiveness and bring jobs and growth; co-operating better on foreign policy; and completing the Single Market. The Constitution may soon grab the headlines again, but most of those working for the eu spend most of their time not raising the Titanic, but doing all that.
First published in the budapest sun, 19 january 2006,
HYPERLINK "http://www.budapestsun.com/cikk.php?id=15126" http://www.budapestsun.com/cikk.php?id=15126
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