Sunday, July 15, 2007

Blair lost control of Britain's Oil and Gas

Note this provision from the instructions to the coming IGC: 3) In Article 100, replacement of paragraph 1 with the following: "1. Without prejudice to any other procedures provided for in the Treaties, the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, may decide, in a spirit of solidarity between Member States, upon the measures appropriate to the economic situation, in particular if severe difficulties arise in the supply of certain products, notably in the area of energy." The Westminster Parliament's future role will only be the following: Title II - Provisions on democratic principles 7) Insertion of a new Article on the role of national parliaments in the Union reading as follows: "National parliaments shall contribute actively to the good functioning of the Union: a) through being informed by the institutions of the Union and having draft European legislative acts forwarded to them in accordance with the Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union; b) by seeing to it that the principle of subsidiarity is respected in accordance with the procedures provided for in the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; c) by taking part, within the framework of the area of freedom, security and justice, in the evaluation mechanisms for the implementation of the Union policies in that area, in accordance with Article [III-260], and through being involved in the political monitoring of Europol and the evaluation of Eurojust's activities in accordance with Articles [III-276 and III-273]; d) by taking part in the revision procedures of the Treaties, in accordance with Article [IV-443 and IV-444]: e) by being notified of applications for accession to the Union, in accordance with Article [49]; f) by taking part in the interparliamentary cooperation between national parliaments and with the European Parliament, in accordance with the Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union.". Note the sick joke of including this as Article 7 in a section supposed to be on democratic principles where the National Parliaments are the only remaining democratic institutions! Read it all from here. The Annex with the detailed mandate amendments starts at page sixteen.

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