Open letter to the President of the European Commission. After Ireland said “No” to the Lisbon Treaty with more than 53% of the poll, a gesture, a move is much needed. Straight away. Dear President Barroso, We believe in the principle of accountability. Political leaders must be responsible before people and resign when their work or their reputation have been stained. Under Your presidency, the institutional Europe has gone through two painful defeats. The first one: France and the Netherlands said “No” to the Constitution in 2005. The second one: the Irish “No” to the Lisbon treaty, which is nothing but that very same Constitution just clumsily disguised as the author of that document, Giscard d’Estaing has acknowledged . In a normal democratic system, no matter where in the world, two referenda in a row terminated with two refusals by the people would have caused the Executive to quit. As a matter of fact, such a move would be logical and wishful by now. Logical, because there must be a reason if people have said “No”. Either the project was not any good, and in that case You are the natural emblem being the President of the European Commission; or the project has not been properly explained. And in this last case, our thinking goes straight to the millions of euros wasted on pointless propaganda; the long-standing lack of European media; the distance of the European institutions, hidden in their glass and steel fortress (the Berlay ...
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Open letter to the President of the European Commission. After Ireland said “No” to the Lisbon Treaty with more than 53% of the poll, a gesture, a move is much needed. Straight away. Dear President Barroso, We believe in the principle of accountability. Political leaders must be responsible before people and resign when their work or their reputation have been stained. Under Your presidency, the institutional Europe has gone through two painful defeats. The first one: France and the Netherlands said “No” to the Constitution in 2005. The second one: the Irish “No” to the Lisbon treaty, which is nothing but that very same Constitution just clumsily disguised as the author of that document, Giscard d’Estaing has acknowledged . In a normal democratic system, no matter where in the world, two referenda in a row terminated with two refusals by the people would have caused the Executive to quit. As a matter of fact, such a move would be logical and wishful by now. Logical, because there must be a reason if people have said “No”. Either the project was not any good, and in that case You are the natural emblem being the President of the European Commission; or the project has not been properly explained. And in this last case, our thinking goes straight to the millions of euros wasted on pointless propaganda; the long-standing lack of European media; the distance of the European institutions, hidden in their glass and steel fortress (the Berlay ...