Lisbon Treaty: It is the Constitutional Treaty
Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by Martin Wingfield in Constituency News
ON Wednesday morning, Andrew Brons took the opportunity to question the European Commission vice-president Margot Wallstrom.
Andrew asked Mrs Wallström:
“When talking of the Lisbon Treaty you said that ‘the process has been going on since the year 2000′ (following the Nice Treaty and just before the discussions leading to the Constitutional Treaty).
“Does this mean that the Lisbon Treaty is essentially the same as the Constitutional Treaty which it replaced?
“The British Government denies this and on the basis of that denial reneged on its promise at the 2005 General Election to hold a referendum on the Treaty.
“Let us suppose, for the sake of argument, that the Lisbon Treaty will eventually be ratified by all twenty-seven countries.
“The leader of the opposition in the United Kingdom has indicated that he, ‘would not let matters rest’ and that he would seek a renegotiation of the Treaty.
Would such a renegotiation be allowed or is Mr. Cameron’s suggestion just hot air?”
Margot Wallström (above) replied briefly: “The most important things for Britain were changed, which were the names and the symbols”.
Andrew saw this as a clear admission that the Lisbon Treaty and the Constitutional Treaty were one of the same.
When she said that the most important things for Britain, she must be presumed to mean the most important things for the British Government. She has tacitly admitted what we all knew – that the substance of the Treaty remained the same.
Only the names ‘High Representative‘ instead of ‘Foreign Minister‘ and the symbols have been changed.
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