The future fate of the Constitution appears to be on hold until 2007. The new German Chancellor has proposed making saving the chater the center of the Germans EU presidency in 2007:
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, will propose to attach a declaration on the "social dimension of Europe" to the failed EU constitution, in a bid to save the charter.
According to German daily Handelsblatt the non-binding declaration should call upon the EU institutions to better consider the social implications of EU internal market legislation. But the text of the constitution should remain unchanged, according to sources in the European Peoples Party.
The declaration should help reassure French and Dutch voters, who rejected the treaty in referendums last spring, largely in protest against globalisation, enlargement and liberalisation of the service markets.
The Constitution will have to wait until 2007 because the 2006 Austrian and Finnish presidencies will not be pushing for ratification. The good news is that Portugal will follow up Germany's efforts in its presidency in the second half of 2007.
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, will propose to attach a declaration on the "social dimension of Europe" to the failed EU constitution, in a bid to save the charter.
According to German daily Handelsblatt the non-binding declaration should call upon the EU institutions to better consider the social implications of EU internal market legislation. But the text of the constitution should remain unchanged, according to sources in the European Peoples Party.
The declaration should help reassure French and Dutch voters, who rejected the treaty in referendums last spring, largely in protest against globalisation, enlargement and liberalisation of the service markets.
The Constitution will have to wait until 2007 because the 2006 Austrian and Finnish presidencies will not be pushing for ratification. The good news is that Portugal will follow up Germany's efforts in its presidency in the second half of 2007.
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