Germania relansează tema "Constituției Europene"

Nu am găsit deocamdată știrea în limba română decât pe un singur blog, dar mă aștept să apară EuroBăse zilele astea cu o declarație de susținere (n'așa ?!).

Acum, serios. Chestiunea este foarte gravă, veți auzi și citi în zilele următoare exprimările diverșilor ventrilogi și agenți de influență. Cei bine-știuți, dealtfel.

Dar... It ain't over till the fat lady sings (and it's not Dicke Bertha).


Zero Hedge: 

Germany Wants New European Constitution: "There Are New Centers Of Power In The World."

Germany wants to "reignite a debate over creating an EU constitution", Reuters reports, "to strengthen the bloc's ability to fight off financial troubles and counter-balance the rising influence of emerging economies". Guido Westerwelle noted that Germany EU leaders "need a new constitution... as there are new centers of power in the world." A key change that Germany wants for instance is an amendment to incorporate tighter regional oversight of government spending and allow the EU court of Justice to strike down Spain's a member's laws if they violated fiscal discipline. Here comes the 'Pro-Quo' to the Greek Bailout 'Quid'!


REUTERS:

Germany wants new debate on EU constitution: minister

Germany wants to reignite a debate over creating an EU constitution to strengthen the bloc's ability to fight off financial troubles and counter-balance the rising influence of emerging economies, Germany's foreign minister said on Friday.

"We have to open a new chapter in European politics," Westerwelle told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Copenhagen. "We need more efficient decision structures."

"I think we have to reopen the debate about a European constitution again," he said. "We have a good treaty, but we need a constitution ... There are new centers of power in the world."

German government sources said representatives of several EU member states would likely meet in the next few weeks for talks.

Driven by public frustration over financial bailouts for debt-stricken states, Germany has fought hard over the last year to amend the EU's Lisbon Treaty, a watered-down version of the 2005 constitution proposal.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble had said in November that his country wanted to see changes to the EU's Lisbon Treaty by the end of 2012 in order to lay the foundation for a common fiscal policy in the bloc.

Germany argued that change was needed to enshrine tougher fiscal discipline and safeguard the bloc from further financial troubles.

For example, it wanted an amendment to incorporate tighter regional oversight of government spending and allow the European Court of Justice to strike down a member's laws if they violated fiscal discipline.

But Britain vetoed the plan in December in a row over safeguards for its financial sector.

  
UPDATE: A apărut un articol pe aceeași temă și în Ziarul Financiar