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2006-10-12 Europe

Merkel 'convinced' EU needs a constitution

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Posted by Seafarious 2006-10-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The US Constitution is a minimalist extensible framework. It does not try to spell out every detail and every law for running the country but establishes a system for managing those laws. It's extensible via amendment, but places sufficient barriers to amendment such that changes occur infrequently (and only when sufficient consensus is reached).

In contrast many US states and many countries have constitutions that are much more heavy weight and try to spell out each and every law for running the state or country. Consequently, they must be changed frequently and quickly become unwieldy. Imagine if you had to amend the constitution every time you changed the pay or responsibilities of some public official.

Anyway, the proposed European constitution was a bad example of the later philosophy. Given the thinking of the Euro elites, I doubt that a 'revised' constitution will be any better. A heavy weight unmanageable constitution for Europe would exact a price both economically and in terms of loss of freedoms. Given Europes other problems, a 'new' constitution is the last thing they need.

Posted by DMFD 2006-10-12 00:21|| 2006-10-12 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 should read, EU needs to take a constitution

Posted by Captain America 2006-10-12 00:56|| 2006-10-12 00:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Merkel 'convinced' EU needs a constitution

note to self: sell Angela my surplus paper.

Posted by Kofi Anan">Kofi Anan 2006-10-12 01:38|| 2006-10-12 01:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Before evn reading the first line the way it was designed was unaccaptable: not by the representaives of the people but by undemocratically appointed "experts" and bureaucrats. on name of what was Gisacard d'Estaing, a guy whose preisdency ws marred by scandals, whose disastrous rule brought socialists to power and who nowadays would not be voted as city dogcatcher, become the main architect of this
"Constitution"?

No way I will ver vote something eleborated this way.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-10-12 01:58|| 2006-10-12 01:58|| Front Page Top

#5 For anyone interested in the EU go here.

http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2006-10-12 10:36|| 2006-10-12 10:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Hey, Kofi. I think Steve can use it. [wag]

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