også min iagttagelse: mange trofaste ja-folk, vil stemme nej:
Et citat fra Opbrud i borgerliges syn på EU:
“Litteraten Kasper Støvring, forfatter til bogen »Blivende værdier« om konservativ kulturkamp, forventer, at han for første gang i sit liv vil stemme nej ved en EU-afstemning i september. »Fra et konservativt udgangspunkt må man være skeptisk over for forfatningstraktaten. Den cementerer en udvikling, som har været i gang i et stykke tid, nemlig at der bliver overført stadig mere magt fra de nationale parlamenter til EUs institutioner. Man vil forsøge at erstatte et naturligt, nationalt og kulturelt fællesskab med et konstrueret, overnationalt og politisk fællesskab. Dermed udskifter man en samhørighed og en tillid mellem borgere og stat med rent retslige og anonyme forhold, og det er bestemt ikke af det gode,« siger Kasper Støvring.”
A Hard look at the EU constitution
First, there has been little debate on the Constitution. The vast majority of the European public has not read it and does not know what is in it. That has partly to do with the length of the Constitution (70,000 words) and its impenetrable language. In contrast, the U.S. Constitution is 15 times shorter and easily comprehensible. Not surprisingly, its chief architect, James Madison, believed that, “It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.”
Second, the language of the Constitution concerning the division of powers between Brussels and national governments is imprecise…
Third, the definition of individual rights, as enshrined in the Constitution is deeply problematic. The U.S. Bill of Rights, with one exception, is a list of the rights of individuals against the state, not a list of claims by individuals on services to be provided by the state…
http://www.techcentralstation.com/052705P.html
og franske og hollændske vælgere?
Why are so many ordinary voters voting no, even in France, the country that has had more influence than any other in shaping the EU? Pollsters say the surge of French support for the non camp is driven by everything from a contempt for France’s conservative Government to a fear of Turkey, opposition to the US and globalisation, anger at high unemployment and Muslim immigration, and a wariness that the EU is getting out of the control of ordinary voters.
Dutch no voters share many of those concerns, especially about Muslim immigration, and they are sick of paying more per head to EU coffers than anyone else, even though they are not the wealthiest nation in Europe.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15425026%255E2703,00.html
I Sverige klør det i fingrene for at få lov at spionere på allehånde elektroniske hjemmeapparater. Det vil gøre det muligt at afsløre hvorfro jeg stemmer traktat -nej, hvis jeg altså var svensk.
”Hemlig avlyssning eller upptagning av telefonsamtal eller annat förtroligt meddelande”
Veckans andra slag mot privatlivet kommer från en gammal polischef. En utredning (SOU 2005:38) kräver att polisen – och andra myndigheter – ska få rätt att ”bugga” misstänkta personers datorer för att spionera på vad som månne finnas på hårddisken.Utredningen påpekar att antingen kan polisen på distans skicka ett spionprogram till datorn eller så kan datorn buggas ”genom ett fysiskt ingrepp, t ex vid ett hemligt intrång i en persons bostad eller på dennes arbetsplats.”
http://expressen.se/index.jsp?a=290919