Chantiers pour la social-démocratie

• L'après 29 mai en France - 01-06-2006 20:06:15 - Only logged activists can post a comment, please sign in or register here

  Un anniversaire dont on se serait bien passé. En France, les partisans du "non" au traité constitutionnel ne regrettent rien. Le plan "B" annoncé est toujours "annoncée, et pendant ce temps, l'Europe est plombée. Comme le dit Pierre Moscovici, il ne faut pas refaire le match. La relance doit se faire par des dossiers d'actualité. Les frontières, la politique sociale...
  
  Au sein du PS français, on cherche intelligemment à dépasser le "oui" et le "non" depuis cette défaite politique. C'est d'autant plus important qu'on ne pourra pas ignorer que celui qui gagnera la présidentielle en 2007 devrait, lui aussi, à l'instar de l'Italie, réconcilier la gauche française et l'innovation européenne.

   

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  • Carlos Moret - 22-09-2006 18:06:06

    Whoever we nominate as our candidate in the PS, must win the next election, and he or she will lead the European Presidency at the time we have to get down to the Constitution. As a new (20€) PS activist, I have noticied that there is a great effort to go beyond the vote that divided us socialists, although, some still persist. The Congress of Le Mans was a success in reuniting us.
    
    I believe that there is a big misunderstanding around the Constitution and what it should be. A Constitution should state the framework of government, not the policy ; what the executive should be, parliament, justice, the division of powers, forms of elections etc. etc. that is to say, the government structure Then, it should include other issues concerning the rights of the majority and of minorities, the guidelines on human rights, civil rights, etc. Policy issues do not belong to the Constitution, they belong to government. I personally believe that the main policy issues should come from Brussels, but from an elected European government, and not the nominated one we have, but be it European or National, it does not belong to the Constitution.
    
    We need a Constitution to determine how we will govern ourselves, and accepting the Constitution should mean accepting being a member state. Are we ready to put that on the table ? Somehow, we have no choice, therefore we have to come up with a project that can be accepted by all 25 and by a vast majority. Some countries have voted joining the EU with a 50% majority ; I believe, as in countries whose Constitution is their core law, that it has to be accepted by a 2/3 majority. Would you accept going back to monarchy with a 50% referendum ? Neverteless, we can make a Constitution that can be acceptable to all, if we make it clear that questions such as employment or taxes belong to government, whether National or European.
    

   

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