The New Treaty of Rome—Why a Dangerous Document?

The signing by heads of state of the new Treaty of Rome gives formal approval to the new European Constitution, although it still needs ratification by national parliaments, including citizens' referenda in some EU countries.

This one supreme legal document supersedes the founding document of the Treaty of Rome (1957), the Single European Act (1986), the Maastricht Treaty of European Union (1992) and other formal agreements at Amsterdam (1997) and Nice (2000). Clearly the new document is all-encompassing.

The articles themselves in the constitution contain some worrying provisions. For instance, one article broadly states: "This constitution shall have primacy over the laws of the Member states" (Article 1-5). If that isn't a formula for ceding of national sovereignty to Brussels, what is?

Article 1-15 also raises grave concerns. It reads: "The common foreign and security policy shall cover all aspects of foreign policy and all questions relating to the Union's security policy and unreservedly, in a spirit of loyalty and mutual solidarity." Once this is in force, will Britain even be able to render help to America as it has done in the war with Iraq and in its aftermath?

David Heathcoat-Amory, a member of the actual drafting body, said: "The big issue is whether power remains at Westminster [in Britain] at all, or it goes to Brussels, and under this constitution there will be massive further transfer to Europe" (The Daily Telegraph, June 19, 2004).

A Daily Mail feature writer summarized British fears: "It will create a new European state of which we will all be citizens. It will be able to sign treaties and join international bodies and its law will supersede our own. Britain will become a mere region within its federal embrace." A very disturbing thought!

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