28 d. pateiktas nuomones dėl Konstitucijos Europos Parlamento 9 prašymu, - atsižvelgdamas į regioninių asociacijų, socialinių partnerių ir pilietinės visuomenės tribūnų atstovų nuomones, išsakytas viešame 2004 m. lapkričio 25 d svarstyme, - atsižvelgdamas į savo Darbo tvarkos taisyklių 45 straipsnį, - atsižvelgdamas į Konstitucinių reikalų komiteto pranešimą ir Užsienio reikalų komiteto, Vystymosi komiteto, Tarptautinės prekybos komiteto, Biudžeto komiteto, Biudžeto kontrolės komiteto, Užimtumo ir socialinių reikalų komiteto, Aplinkos apsaugos, Visuomenės sveikatos ir maisto saugos komiteto, Pramonės, mokslinių tyrimų ir energetikos komiteto, Regioninės plėtros komiteto, Žemės ūkio komiteto, Žuvininkystės komiteto, Teisės reikalų komiteto, Piliečių laisvių, teisingumo ir vidaus reikalų komiteto, bei Peticijų komitetų nuomones ( A6-0070/2004 ), kadangi A) Europos Sąjunga per savo istoriją vaidino svarbu vaidmeni kuriant nuolat didėjančią taikos ir gerovės, demokratijos ir laisvės, teisingumo ir saugumo erdvę, B) Konstitucija įtvirtina šiuos pasiekimus ir skelbia naujoves, kurios yra esminės palaikant ir didinant 25 ir daugiau valstybių narių Sąjungos galias veiksmingai veikti viduje ir išorėje, C) Europos Parlamento nuo pirmųjų tiesioginių rinkimų dėtas pastangas priimti Konstituciją vainikavo Konvento sėkmė, kuris paruošė projektą naudodamas demokratiškus, tipiškus ir aiškius, savo efektyvumą įrodžiusius metodus; ir kuris atsižvelgė į Europos piliečių indėlį, dėl kurio buvo pasiektas sutarimas, kurio iš esmės Tarpvyriausybinė konferencija nepakeitė, D) Į Konstituciją, kaip kompromisą, kuris turi būti pripažintas visų valstybių narių, neišvengiamai neįtraukti kai kurie ypač Europos Parlamento bei Konvento pasiūlymai, kurie, autorių požiūriu, būtų turėję įtakos tolesnei Sąjungos pažangai.
– having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union 1 , – having regard to the European Council's Laeken Declaration 2 , – having regard to its resolutions 3 paving the way towards a Constitution for Europe, – having regard to its resolutions 4 preparing past intergovernmental conferences and its resolutions 5 assessing their outcome, – having regard to the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe adopted by consensus by the European Convention on 13 June and 10 July 2003 as well as its resolutions 6 preparing and subsequently assessing the work of the Convention, – having regard to the opinions on the Constitution delivered by the Committee of the Regions 7 on 17 November 2004 and the European Economic and Social Committee 8 on 28 October 2004 at the request of the European Parliament 9 , – having regard to the views expressed by the representatives of regional associations, social partners and platforms of civil society at a public hearing convened on 25 November 2004, – having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Development, the Committee on International Trade, the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Budgetary Control, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Committee on Regional Development, the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Fisheries, the Committee on Legal Affairs, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Petitions ( A6-0070/2004 ), Whereas: A. the European Union has, in the course of its history, played a substantial role in creating a continuously expanding area of peace and prosperity, democracy and freedom, justice and security, B. the Constitution consolidates these achievements and brings about innovations which are essential to maintaining and to enhancing the capacity of the Union of twenty-five and potentially more Member States to act effectively internally and externally, C. the efforts to achieve a Constitution deployed by the European Parliament since its first direct election, have been crowned by the success of the Convention, which prepared the draft using a democratic, representative and transparent method that has fully proved its effectiveness, and which took account of the contributions of the citizens of Europe, resulting in a consensus which was left essentially unchanged by the Intergovernmental Conference, D. the Constitution, as a compromise that had to be acceptable to all Member States, inevitably left out some proposals, notably of the European Parliament or of the Convention, that would have, in the view of their authors, brought further improvements to the Union, many of which remain possible in the future, E. the agreement to the Constitution of every single national government in the European Union demonstrates that the elected governments of Member States all consider that this compromise is the basis on which they wish to work together in the future, and will require each of them to demonstrate maximum political commitment to ensuring ratification by 1 November 2006, F. the Constitution has been the object of some criticism voiced in public debate that does not reflect the real content and legal consequences of its provisions, insofar as the Constitution will not lead to the creation of a centralised superstate,