What is currently being proposed in terms of EU treaties is in fact the liquidation of nation states. This is the creation of an EU superstate – government spokesman Piotr Müller told TVP Info on Tuesday.
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Draft amendment to the EU treaties
The report containing proposals for treaty changes is expected to be voted on in the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) on Wednesday. When asked about this issue, government spokesman Piotr Müller responded that “what is currently proposed in terms of EU treaties is de facto the liquidation of nation states.”
This is the creation of an EU superstate. This has never happened in the history of the European continent; These types of violent ideas have simply never ended well
– added.
This word sovereignty is always so general, but underneath it lie very important, specific things. In short, do we decide on taxes in our country or does someone in Brussels decide for us?
– he pointed.
When asked, he said that the proposed change to the treaties was contrary to the ideas of the founding fathers of the European Union.
From the very beginning it was about optionality. Disagreements were resolved consensually to reach an agreement and not to impose a solution
– he emphasized.
Müller emphasized that the project currently being proposed assumes that many EU countries will be able to vote on fundamental issues.
It is known that in such situations the cards will be dealt mainly by Germany and other large EU countries
– added.
“These kinds of ideas won’t work in Poland.”
The government spokesperson indicated that he hoped that implementing such changes would not be possible for various reasons.
First, a qualified majority vote in the Polish parliament is required for this treaty to apply in Poland. PiS is a guarantee that such ideas will not be implemented in Poland
– he emphasized.
The second thing he pointed out was the maturity of other EU countries. He recalled that a few years ago the so-called project was proposed. Constitution for Europe.
It was Western European countries, citizens of Western European countries, including France, among others, who rejected this project because they knew it was an idea that would end very badly for Europe.
– he remembered.
267 treaty changes
The content of the document containing proposals for treaty changes was agreed by five groups in the EP: the EPP, Social Democrats (S&D), Liberals (Renew), the Greens and the Communist Left. It contains proposals for 267 amendments to both Treaties – on the European Union and on the functioning of the European Union – and consists of 110 pages.
The main proposed changes are the abolition of the unanimity principle (veta) in EU Council voting in 65 areas, and a large-scale transfer of powers from Member State level to EU level, including: by creating two new exclusive EU competences (Article 3 TFEU) and a significant extension of shared competences (Article 4), which would cover eight new policy areas including: foreign and security policy, border protection, forestry, public health, civil defence, industry and education.
The political groups responsible for the drafting of the document want to initiate the procedure for amending the EU Treaties, possibly by convening a Convention and then an Intergovernmental Conference on amending the EU Treaties.
The coordinator of the Constitutional Commission on behalf of the EKR, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, refused to support the report.
As he said in an interview with PAP, it proposes “radical centralization of the EU, de facto transforming it into a centralized oligarchic European superstate, escaping democratic control.” As he emphasized, the possible introduction of these changes would weaken Member States by limiting and taking over their powers.
He also pointed out that the report proposes cultural and ideological changes by replacing the term ‘equality between women and men’ throughout the EU treaties with the term ‘gender equality’, which refers to the ‘anti-scientific, intrusively promoted gender ideology.
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Source: wPolityce