Allister challenges Constitution supporters to face reality
14 June 2005
DUP MEP; JIM ALLISTER; today told the Constitutional Affairs Committee of
the European Parliament in Brussels that it was time to face up to the
reality that foisting the rejected Constitution on the people of Europe was
"mission impossible".
With Constitution supporters divided over whether to press ahead with the
ratification process or go for suspension and review, Jim Allister said, "Those who remained in blind denial epitomised the arrogance of the European elite who had been so robustly rebuffed by the people of France and Holland".
Mr Allister urged the Committee to face the fact and consequences that the Constitution had been rejected on its merits - because people don't want more centralisation, they weren't enjoying the 'euroland' experience, they believed national control was better and rejected superstatehood for Europe. Thus, he argued, honest abandonment was the way to go.
