Newsgroup: italia.bologna.politica
Titolo: Completamente smentite le affermazioni di Prodi sull'allargamento dell'EU

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  Straw: EU will respect Irish No 
                  By George Jones Political Editor 
                  (Filed: 04/07/2001) 
                  AN assurance that the EU will not seek to bypass
                  Ireland's rejection of the Treaty of Nice on enlarging
                  the Community will be given today by Jack Straw,
                  the Foreign Secretary.
                  Writing in The Telegraph in advance of today's
                  Commons debate on the Bill to enable Britain to
                  ratify the treaty, Mr Straw said the Government
                  respected the Irish "No" vote.
                  It was fundamental to the democratic legitimacy of
                  the EU that changes to the founding treaties did not
                  take place "until and unless" the constitutional
                  procedures of all member states had been satisfied.
                  Mr Straw said: "If Ireland does not ratify, the treaty
                  will not come into force. But we hope that in time an
                  affirmative vote in Ireland may be possible."
                  His comments will be seen as a rebuke for Romano
                  Prodi, President of the European Commission, who
                  suggested last month that enlargement could
                  continue despite the Irish vote. Mr Prodi said:
                  "Legally, ratification of the Nice Treaty is not
                  necessary for enlargement."
                  His comments angered the Irish government and
                  were seen as a further sign of the remoteness of
                  Brussels officials.
                  Mr Straw said the Dublin government, which has
                  called for an "extended period of reflection", would
                  be allowed time to seek to overcome public doubts
                  about the treaty and hold a second referendum.
                  But there would be no "wholesale renegotiation" of
                  the treaty to accommodate Ireland's concerns, which
                  included worries that its neutrality could be
                  threatened and its anti-divorce and anti-abortion
                  laws undermined. 
                  Mr Straw acknowledged that the EU needed to learn
                  lessons from Ireland. He said: "The institutions of
                  the EU cannot afford to leave the people behind.
                  "We must acknowledge and address people's
                  anxieties and do better at persuading doubters that
                  Britain is better off in Europe."
                  The treaty would open the way for the accession of
                  12 states from Eastern Europe as well as Malta and
                  Cyprus. The main EU institutions would be
                  reorganised and qualified majority voting would be
                  extended.
  © Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 2001.

 
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