Topic ‘Heitink, Jan’

"We need a European Constitution. The European Constitution is not the 'final touch' of the European structure; it must become its foundation. The European Constitution should prescribe that. we are building a Federation of nation-States. The first part should be based on the Charter of Fundamental Rights proclaimed at the European summit at Nice. If we transform the EU into a Federation of Nation-States, we will enhance the democratic legitimacy. We should not prescribe what the EU should never be allowed to do. I believe that the Parliament and the Council of Ministers should be developed into a genuine bicameral parliament."
~Dr Johannes Rau, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, European Parliament, 4 April 2001 ~