The best way to secure the votes necessary for a constitution would, I think, have been to explain what a constitution is. Unfortunately, no one seems to have tried to do this quite simple thing. The only thing it would have required is to look at constitutive power, the power to constitute something new, by…
Tag: European Constitution
Postconstitutional opposition
The constitutive project of Europe must go on. This is the attitude of many Green parties, and even the opinion of the writer for the Constitution No Committee, Arend Hamstra, who in this Ecosprinter gives arguments for why it was a good thing that THIS constitution was shot down. Greens (like other parties) in some…
Current fyeg position on the Constitution
Thanks to Grön Ungdom for the initiative to start real political discussion before the GA. It is good that they bring out their opinion already now since it orientates delegates to think of their positions already before the GA. Anyhow, you mention in your letter that there’s is an idea to “decide whether to pursue…
A Swedish perspective on the European Constitution
The FYEG is facing many important issues to discuss at the upcoming General Assemby, but there is one that lingers on our mind especially. The GA will decide whether or not to pursue a common campaign for the new “Treaty for a European Constitution”. Campaigning is one of FYEG’s most important tasks and we do…
The European Youth Convention
From July 9th to 12th the European Youth Convention met in Brussels. 210 young delegates were supposed to discuss about the “Future of Europe” and thus advise the “senior” Convention. The delegates were either nominated by the national delgates to the Convention in cooperation with the National Youth Councils or by the delegations of the…