I was a Member of the European Parliament for a period of time and I saw a lot of European laws and treaties.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Before, Europe was about treaties, laws and our sovereign right to govern ourselves. Now, it's about everyday lives.
We have a very long legal system with the European Union, and we're English speaking.
At the heart of these challenges lies the question of how the institutions of the European Union make laws, the types of laws they pass and the effectiveness with which those laws are implemented on civil society and the economy.
I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following European issues.
There have been major disagreements within the European Union.
Europe must be understood and controlled by its citizens.
Britain's legal structure is basically the same as in feudal times: laws are written for the elite.
Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are.
To be in the EU, it means to have same rules of... for economy, for social life, to be together in the majority of European countries.
We work well together with the United Kingdom - particularly, perhaps, when we talk about new rules for the European Union.
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