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The Lisbon treaty is NOT the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. This is a common falsehood. The TCE would have been further reaching, establishing
by ginko 8y ago
The Lisbon treaty is NOT the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. This is a common falsehood.
The TCE would have been further reaching, establishing a directly elected president of the European Commission for instance. It's kind of funny considering how all the anti-EU people that voted against the constitution are the same people complaining about the EU's lack of democracy.
- growlist 8y agoThat's one example, and opinions differ in spite of your assertion. What about the other examples?
- nickik 8y agoI don't think the EU would be particularly good if it were significantly more democratic. But even so, it not being democratic is hardly a point in its favor. The constitution of Europe would not have fixed most of the problems and would have introduced more of them.