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Giscard’s Constitution & Ockham’s razor
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The European public want an easily understood European Union or European Community
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A 7 article, 419 word minimal constitution can be seen at A minimal constitution
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- The governments of the European nations want to work together while at the same time preserving their
- autonomy & their
- independence
The rest of the world would like us to have a “Mr Europe”
We no longer need the Commission
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Apply Ockham’s razor to Giscard’s Constitution and we get a clear simple structure.
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Ockham’s razor Click for explanation
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- The Council of the European Union is renamed to become The Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) and continues as before ;
- ~ with each national government having one vote
- ~ and each assuring the presidency of the IGC for 6 months
- ~ The president is called The President of the Intergovernmental Conference.
- And during the six months of office is the third person in the hierarchy of the Union
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Because of confusion in the minds of many with the Council of Europe
By “hierarchy” is ment that in the case of death or incapacity of a higher personage then the next in line assures the continuity of the institutions until the parliament can meet.
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- The European Parliament:
- ~ Elects from its members, its own president who exercises his or her mandate for the life of the parliament.
- This person is the second person in the hierarchy of the Union
- ~ Elects from its members, a Prime Minister and other ministers.
- ~ These ministers assume the functions of the present commissioners.
- ~ These ministers are doubly responsible, to the parliament and to their electorate.
- The Prime Minister becomes "Mr or Madame Europe"
- And is the first person in the hierarchy of the Union
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- By doing away with the Commission,
- ~ European institutions become clearer to the general public
- ~ Some of the prerogatives & responsibilities of the Commission return to the nations
- ~ Most of the prerogatives & responsibilities of the Commission devolve to the ministers of the European Parliament
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The Commission was probably necessary as midwife and nanny to the emerging European Union. Now the Commision is felt more to be an ogre or at least a wicked stepmother
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These three propositions are in harmony with the direction proposed by Giscard’s convention.
- And what do we do with Giscard’s Constitution ?
- ~ Leave it as it is,
- ~ before the European Parliament
- ~ and before the Intergovernmental Conference.
- There it can be used as an “inspiration” for future European legislation.
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A 7 article, 419 word minimal constitution can be seen at A minimal constitution
And there is no preamble, therefore no "religious" wars
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