Publications

 

Can we trust the people?

In this paper, Professor Matt Qvortrup argues that voters do have sufficient knowledge to make informed decisions on the revised EU Constitution. It also concludes that in so far as voters lack of information it is a result of too little, rather than too much democracy.

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They said it

The UK Government is now claiming that the referendum it promised in 2004 is no longer necessary because the new treaty is nothing like the old EU Constitution. But other European leaders have admitted that it is almost exactly the same.

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Our say: Why we need a referendum on the Constitutional Treaty

In this pamphlet we set out our case as to why the Constitutional Treaty should be put to a referendum. Looking at what the Constitutional Treaty will mean in practice, we argue that this could be the last chance for people to have a vote on Europe’s future.

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A guide to the Constitutional Treaty

The think-tank Open Europe has published a comparative text of the new Constitutional Treaty, and a new guide to what it means. The guide argues that the Government's claims that the UK has signed up to 'different' version of the treaty are misleading, as the present 'red lines' are the same as those for the original Constitution. The guide gives an overview of the main changes brought about by the revised Constitution, in areas ranging from foreign policy to justice and home affairs.

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