The Irish’s YES is about us too!

Ireland decided with a referendum about the ratification of the European Union’s constitutional foundation, the Lisbon Contract, on the 3^rd of October. After the last year’s 54 percent “non” votes, the current 67 percent “yes” means a relief for those member states of the EU, who have been watching the Irish referendum with bated breath. It seems that, after the long parturition starting with the acceptance of the Nice Contract in the year 2000, the European Union can finally make a new, big step towards affirming the integration of the legislative and executive system of the European Union. The aim of the Lisbon Contract is to affirm the effectiveness of the European Union and its democratic legitimacy and to mend uniform appearance.

According to some people, this process is too quick, but the majority – myself included – feel, that the road to an effective and uniform European Union is difficult and full of conflicts. The Irish Yes can make us optimistic, but the final acceptance of the Lisbon Contract is more complicated. All eyes are looking to Poland and the Czech Republic now, because their Head of States of these countries did not ratify the found treaty. We are waiting for the Polish Head of State keep up his resolution, and after the Irish step he will indorse it.

The situation is more complicated in the Czech Republic, where a group of ODS representatives in the Senate have applied to the Constitutional Court for the Lisbon Contract’s conflicting parts with the Constitution of Czech Republic.

We are seeing with regret, that Václav Klaus, head of the Czech Republic – the big reform politician of the ’90s – in the last few years is acting like an ‘antireformist’ and is against the EU strengthening. He wants to enforce the Czech national interest at the expense of the European Union’s laws. We rely on the promise of the President of the Czech Constitutional Court, and we hope, that the situation will change soon in the Czech Republic.

However, the road won’t be unswerving after these things as there is an additional problem, the evolved political mood in Great Britain. The conservatives government is agreeing with – in case they win next year – and are planning a newer referendum connected with the Lisbon Contract.

Seeing the hesitation we can ask the question: why the Lisbon Contract divided the Member States? Between them are the countries of the Middle Eastern European area, with the two member states of the V4 are supporting, whilst the other two are using eurosceptic voices. Not everything is about, that like at the time of the EU-enlargement, perhaps these countries want to achieve a privileged position for themselves?

 

Maybe, with a little cunning we could also obtain some benefits?

If that is the case, I can not accept this behavior, neither ethically or politically. I approve that in the given question Slovakia and Hungary behaved fairly.

It is interesting to think about the permissiveness of the European Union in the given situation, which can be also qualified as its weakness. Among other things, the role of the Lisbon Contract is to stop this kind of blackmail. I augment the number of those representatives who can see the future of Europe as a strong and unified union. In a kind of ‘state formation’, which would be a suitable partner for the world influencing great power systems, which would also observe the democracy and human equality’ principles uniformly and efficiently. On the other hand also tidying up in its ‘own house’ and doesn’t sweep under the carpet the problems between the member states (as did it often until now), for example the minority question and the use of the mother tongue.

 Alajos Mészáros, Member of EP

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