MEDIA
RELEASE
21st June 2004
Embargo:
Immediate
BLAIR CLAIMS 'VICTORY' OVER CONSTITUTION HE DIDN'T WANT
Tony Blair has made
a statement in the House of Commons on the outcome of the negotiations
over an EU Constitution.
Reacting
to the Prime Minister's statement, DM campaign director Marc Glendening
said:
"Tony
Blair didn't even want a legally binding EU Constitution in the first
place, so it's absurd for him to now come back and claim that saving
an ever-dwindling number of areas from EU interference is some sort
of victory.
"Blair's
fooling no-one. The EU has gained powers in many new areas, the fundamental
nature of the EU has been changed, its legal supremacy over its member
states has been formally established and its undemocratic structure
has been set in stone.
"Blatantly
ignoring the wishes of the people and centralising ever more power
in remote institutions that cannot be held to any meaningful account
is a recipe for instability and the re-emergence of extremism on our
continent."
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For
more information, contact Marc Glendening on
020 7491 3072 or by e-mail.
NOTES:
- In a speech
in Warsaw on 6th October 2000, Tony Blair said:
"A constitutional debate must not necessarily end with a
single, legally binding document called a Constitution... What I
think is both desirable and realistic is to draw up a statement
of principles... This Statement of Principles would be a political,
not a legal document."
Click here
to read the original speech.
- The
Democracy Movement is the non-party grass-roots campaign against
Britain's immersion into an EU State - a campaign to save democracy
and for a more modern, truly international future for Britain.
With
over 325,000 registered supporters and 120 local branches nationwide,
it is the largest non-party organisation campaigning on the issue
of Britain's relationship with the European Union and will play
a leading grass-roots role in the campaign for a 'No' to the EU
Constitution.
- Click here
to visit our EU Constitution campaign mini-site.
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