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2005-05-20 Europe
EU constitution cannot be re-negotiated, says d'Estaing
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Posted by Steve White 2005-05-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Sounds like Giscard has an ego problem. If the EU constitution *does* have to be re-negotiated, there would be lots of room for improvements. First of all, it would have to include all of the new members, their interests and concerns. Second of all, it could include a declaration that power derives from the people, not the government or bureaucracy; and that these people have certain unalienable rights, among which is the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And they could even throw in a "Bill of Rights" for what every European could easily understand and know are their rights, that government cannot infringe. But that would be really radical, and so very un-European, no?
Posted by  Anonymoose 2005-05-20 00:16||   2005-05-20 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 If the phrench vote "YES" Lance Armstrong is assured to win the Tour de France. So vote yes please.
Posted by Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-05-20 12:24:24 AM||   2005-05-20 12:24:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Giscard d’Estaing said re-negotiation would be a “useless and nonproductive confrontation” and added, “I think for a long while nothing could be done."

Would monsieur care to elaborate on this? Or is he satisfied with sounding like he's totally full of horseshit?
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-20 01:12||   2005-05-20 01:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Well it's "his baby" Of course it can be regiggerred. Saying it can't is patent bull crap.
His ego is all wrapped up in his creation.
Posted by Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-05-20 01:37||   2005-05-20 01:37|| Front Page Top

#5 "...many French opponents believe it is possible to draft a better constitution..."
No doubt just a bunch of illiterate peasants living in the red provinces who have been exposed to that cowboy Bush's "We the people..." propaganda.
Posted by Tom 2005-05-20 09:41||   2005-05-20 09:41|| Front Page Top

#6 He's still alive?
Posted by tu3031 2005-05-20 10:45||   2005-05-20 10:45|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm betting Tony hits his knees every night praying that the French get him off the hook on this one.

So that's how he got that slipped disc...
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2005-05-20 10:50||   2005-05-20 10:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Considering this is a "draft" constitution and they're going to keep tweaking it, of course it can be renegotiated.
Posted by anonymous2u 2005-05-20 10:58||   2005-05-20 10:58|| Front Page Top

#9 Lets have a comparison:

U.S Constitution -
Words: 4,736 (including signatures)
Paragraphs: 142
Pages: 13
Posted by mojo">mojo  2005-05-20 11:53||   2005-05-20 11:53|| Front Page Top

#10 Giscard is probably correct. The "Constitution" was drafted with the pre-expansion EU. The French, with Axis of Weasel assistance, could not shove the crap Giscard came up with down the throats of people who gave the Russians the finger only 15 years ago without serious negotiation. It will take at least 25 more years for Brussels to completely Eurofy them.
Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-05-20 16:35||   2005-05-20 16:35|| Front Page Top

#11 What a joke. A "constitution" that's so opaque that no one can even agree on basic aspects of the process for ratifying it.
Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-05-20 16:38||   2005-05-20 16:38|| Front Page Top

#12 What a nonsense. Everything can be re-negotiated. Even the US-constitution has had amendments.

Giscard better shuts up or the French WILL find out that he wrote the big book... and the French DO NOT like Giscard.

And sometimes aristocrats end up a head short in France.
Posted by True German Ally 2005-05-20 19:41||   2005-05-20 19:41|| Front Page Top

#13 Woo-hoo, TGA! Go for it. ;-p
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2005-05-20 22:51||   2005-05-20 22:51|| Front Page Top

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