Aussprache in der Plenatdebatte des Europäischen Parlaments, 27. Juni 2007 - Brüssel

6. Tagung des Europäischen Rates vom 21. und 22. Juni 2007 - Tätigkeitshalbjahr des deutschen Vorsitzes

Tobias Pflüger (GUE/NGL ), in writing . – The German Presidency was a disaster. The so-called reform treaty which is labelled a success is not preparing the ground for a social, democratic and peaceful EU. On the contrary, the EU is more divided now. Worst in this respect were threats by German politicians like PSE chairman Martin Schulz against Poland and Great Britain. Furthermore, the militarisation of the EU has been accelerated and there have been no commitments for another policy on climate change. Any new EU Treaty should be decided by referendum in all Member States. It is impossible always to talk about getting citizens more involved in European affairs while at the same time not letting them have a say on the most important issues in the EU. My wish would be that the voices of the people who rejected the constitutional treaty because of its neo-liberal and militaristic character were finally heard. I see the contrary, however: we are facing an attempt to get the substance of the constitutional treaty adopted through the back door by renaming the project ‘reform treaty’ and excluding the possibility of referendums. If the EU is to be based on democratic principles this has to be prevented.