The Economis article on the European Treaty

The October 25th edition of The Economist brings a critical reading of the lack of democratic legitimacy and accountability of the new Lisbon Reform Treaty of the European Union, which was agreed on October19th and is to be signed by the leaders of the 27 member states on December 13th. The British - and The Economist too - have always been very Eurosceptics, but the article does raise some pertinent questions on how the EU leaders have abandoned the 'European Constitution' term and adopted the 'Reform Treaty' term - keeping some 90% of the old document and increasing its opacity - in order to avoid democratic - and possibly negative - referendums by national voters. In the words of the writer of the article, 'Whatever your views on the treaty, this is a farce—and it has consequences stretching far beyond Europe'. A good article, whatever one's opinion on the treaty is.

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