AMENDMENT TO: Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union= and the Treaty establishing the European Community (Brussels, 3 December 2007)<= /title> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"country-region"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=3DEN-US style=3D'tab-interval:36.0pt'> <div class=3DSection1> HUMAN RIGHTS:<o:p></o:p> UNION WILL DO POLITICAL DEALS FOR <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">BR= ITAIN</st1:country-region> OUTSIDE OF <st1:place w:st=3D"on">EUROPE</st1:place>,<o:p></o:p>= ASSERTING EU BODY OF HUMAN RIGHTS OVER ALL EXTERNAL ACTIONS<o:p></o:= p> [ARTICLE 10a]<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <table class=3DMsoTableGrid border=3D0 cellspacing=3D0 cellpadding=3D0 style=3D'border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:480;mso-padding-alt:0cm= 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=3D581 valign=3Dtop style=3D'width:436.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm= 5.4pt'> <o:p> </o:p></= p> AMENDMENT TO: Treaty of <st1:C= ity w:st=3D"on">Lisbon</st1:City> amending the Treaty on European Union and t= he Treaty establishing the European Community (<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:C= ity w:st=3D"on">Lisbon</st1:City></st1:place>, 13 December 2007)<o:p></o:p><= /span> </td> </tr> </table> <o:p> </o:p> <div style=3D'mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt'> Policy Area: <o:p></o:p> Treaty on European Union, Title V, "GENERAL PROVISIONS ON THE UNION'S EXTERNAL ACTION AND SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON THE CO= MMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY"., Chapter 1, GENERAL PROVISIONS ON THE UN= ION'S EXTERNAL ACTION”, Article 10a<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div style=3D'mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt'> Amendment:<o:p></o:p> Clause= 2, page 1, line 12, after ‘excluding’ leave out ‘any’ = and insert –<o:p></o:p> <o:p>&= nbsp;</o:p> ‘= ;(i) Article 1, paragraph 24, inserted Chapter 1 and Article 10A TEU on the Euro= pean Union’s external action; and<o:p></o:p> <o:p>&= nbsp;</o:p> (ii) a= ny other’. <o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div style=3D'mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt'> <st1:place w:st=3D"on"= ><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Lisb= on</st1:City></st1:place> Treaty Article:<o:p></o:p></spa= n> “24) The following new Chapter 1 and Articl= es 10 A and 10 B shall be inserted:<o:p></o:p> "CHAPTER 1<o:p></o:p> GENERAL PROVISIONS ON THE <st1:place w:st=3D"on">= UNION</st1:place>'S EXTERNAL ACTION<o:p></o:p> ARTICLE 10 A<o:p></o:p> 1. The <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place>'s action on the international scene shall be guided by the principles which<o= :p></o:p> have inspired its own creation, development and enlargement, and which it seeks to advance in the wider world: democracy, t= he rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality= and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law.<o:p></o:p> The <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> shal= l seek to develop relations and build partnerships with third countries, and inter= national, regional or global organisations which share the principles referred to in = the first subparagraph. It shall promote multilateral solutions to common probl= ems, in particular in the framework of the United Nations.<o:p></o:p> 2. The <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> s= hall define and pursue common policies and actions, and shall work for a high de= gree of cooperation in all fields of international relations, in order to:<o:p><= /o:p> (a) safeguard its values, fundamental interests, security, independence and integrity;<o:p></o:p> (b) consolidate and support democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the principles of international law;<o:p></o:p></span= > (c) preserve peace, prevent conflicts and strengt= hen international security, in accordance with the purposes and principles of t= he United Nations Charter, with the principles of the Helsinki Final Act and w= ith the aims of the Charter of Paris, including those relating to external bord= ers;<o:p></o:p> (d) foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of developing countries, with the primary aim of eradicating poverty;<o:p></o:= p> (e) encourage the integration of all countries in= to the world economy, including through the progressive abolition of restricti= ons on international trade;<o:p></o:p> (f) help develop international measures to preser= ve and improve the quality of the environment and the sustainable management of global natural resources, in order to ensure sustainable development;<o:p><= /o:p> (g) assist populations, countries and regions confronting natural or man-made disasters; and<o:p></o:p> (h) promote an international system based on stro= nger multilateral cooperation and good global governance.<o:p></o:p> 3. The Union shall respect the principles and pur= sue the objectives set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 in the development and implementation of the different areas of the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</= st1:place>'s external action covered by this Title and by Part Five of the Treaty on the= Functioning of the European Union, and of the external aspects of its other policies.<o= :p></o:p> The <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> shall ensure consistency between the different areas of its external action and between these and its other policies. The Council and the Commission, assis= ted by the High Representative of the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> = for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, shall ensure that consistency and shall cooperate to that effect.”<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div style=3D'mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt'> Consolidated Treaty Article(s):<= o:p></o:p> n/a<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div style=3D'mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt'> Explanation: <o:p></o:p> This Article massively enhances the general guide= lines and objectives for the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place>’s ext= ernal action. It lists the values and objectives of t= he <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> yet it says nothing of how Members States have different values and objectives and assign different national priorities to those goals. In particular, it damningly asserts beyond the <st1:place w:st= =3D"on">Union</st1:place> “the universality and indivisibility of human rights” as engineered under the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty. It is clear that the assertion of these values within the Treaty act as a s= pecific reference for future accessions to the Union as well as any sanctions again= st a <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Member</st1:PlaceName> <s= t1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> that infringes those values.= This Article provides for several Union objectives: “preserve peace, preve= nt conflicts and strengthen international security” which have been and = will in the foreseeable future belong to NATO and the UN. The European Union, through this provision, will duplicate and weaken the role of the other org= anisations and will not be more effective. It is also for the UN to “assist populations, countries and regions confronting natural or man made disasters.” The objecti= ves of the CFSP have been broadened extensively within the Lisbon Treaty, leading = to a catastrophic surrender of national sovereignty and greatly reduce the capac= ity of the UK Government to assert an independent foreign policy. <o:p></o:p></= span> <o:p> </o:p> The Title V of the TEU “Provisions on a com= mon Foreign and Security Policy” will now be replaced with the “Gen= eral Provisions on the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place>’s External Action and Specific Provisions on the Common Foreign and Security Policy.” Whilst this Artic= le is new, it is based on several existing Treaty articles (see Article 11 TEU and Articles, 177, 174, 87 and 181a TEC), which set out CFSP objectives in cert= ain areas. In particular, paragraph 3 (sub-para 1) is in part based on the curr= ent Article 178 TEC, which requires other EC measures to be consistent with development policy; and the consistency requirement (sub-para 2) is based on the current Article 3 TEU.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> This Article states that the <st1:place w:st=3D"o= n">Union</st1:place> shall “encourage the integration of all countries into the world econ= omy, including through the progressive abolition of restrictions on international trade”. However, within the declared exclusive trade arrangements of = the Union, international trade is met with European protectionism – lowering tar= iffs for those within the 27-bloc while maintaining tarrifs for those outside – which will continue to be to the detriment of all developing countr= ies across the globe. This is not a just or acceptable model, and British politicians and constituents from across the political divide have raised t= he campaigns on the damage this European framework has done to developing econ= omies and the lives of people across the world. Since the Article itself is a fal= se statement with no bearing on reality – which has been proven – there can be no support of it in any shape or form. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The role played by the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Uni= on</st1:place> in the international arena has no= w been increased with the Lisbon Treaty (in contrast to the Member States, whose p= ower on foreign policy is now reduced to a secondary authority of a subsidiary council). The present foreign policy Articles of the TEU are widely amended by the Lisbon Treaty, mainly to provide for the role of the widely disputed High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The assertion of a European body of human rights will dangerously impact upon the <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">UK</= st1:place></st1:country-region> when, in conflict, it also hopes to also assert the need for global enterpr= ise, and business. How can governments negotiate with the European Union which demands enterprise in one voice and with another, often stronger voice, asks that its demands over human rights are also met (or face sanctions). Those = are the kind of conditions that the <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place = w:st=3D"on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> should be dictating according to national priorities and national legislati= on with respect to a management of a particular external country as it develop= s. To insist on the EU’s protection of a body of rights upfront as a principled primary demand for all external political actors will jeoparise = the <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>̵= 7;s future trade relations and any opportunity for an independent foreign polic= y. <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>

MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/9E634A61/article10a.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" AMENDMENT TO: Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union= and the Treaty establishing the European Community (Brussels, 3 December 2007)<= /title> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"country-region"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=3DEN-US style=3D'tab-interval:36.0pt'> <div class=3DSection1> HUMAN RIGHTS:<o:p></o:p> UNION WILL DO POLITICAL DEALS FOR <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">BR= ITAIN</st1:country-region> OUTSIDE OF <st1:place w:st=3D"on">EUROPE</st1:place>,<o:p></o:p>= ASSERTING EU BODY OF HUMAN RIGHTS OVER ALL EXTERNAL ACTIONS<o:p></o:= p> [ARTICLE 10a]<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <table class=3DMsoTableGrid border=3D0 cellspacing=3D0 cellpadding=3D0 style=3D'border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:480;mso-padding-alt:0cm= 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'> <tr style=3D'mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=3D581 valign=3Dtop style=3D'width:436.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm= 5.4pt'> <o:p> </o:p></= p> AMENDMENT TO: Treaty of <st1:C= ity w:st=3D"on">Lisbon</st1:City> amending the Treaty on European Union and t= he Treaty establishing the European Community (<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:C= ity w:st=3D"on">Lisbon</st1:City></st1:place>, 13 December 2007)<o:p></o:p><= /span> </td> </tr> </table> <o:p> </o:p> <div style=3D'mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt'> Policy Area: <o:p></o:p> Treaty on European Union, Title V, "GENERAL PROVISIONS ON THE UNION'S EXTERNAL ACTION AND SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON THE CO= MMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY"., Chapter 1, GENERAL PROVISIONS ON THE UN= ION'S EXTERNAL ACTION”, Article 10a<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div style=3D'mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt'> Amendment:<o:p></o:p> Clause= 2, page 1, line 12, after ‘excluding’ leave out ‘any’ = and insert –<o:p></o:p> <o:p>&= nbsp;</o:p> ‘= ;(i) Article 1, paragraph 24, inserted Chapter 1 and Article 10A TEU on the Euro= pean Union’s external action; and<o:p></o:p> <o:p>&= nbsp;</o:p> (ii) a= ny other’. <o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div style=3D'mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt'> <st1:place w:st=3D"on"= ><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Lisb= on</st1:City></st1:place> Treaty Article:<o:p></o:p></spa= n> “24) The following new Chapter 1 and Articl= es 10 A and 10 B shall be inserted:<o:p></o:p> "CHAPTER 1<o:p></o:p> GENERAL PROVISIONS ON THE <st1:place w:st=3D"on">= UNION</st1:place>'S EXTERNAL ACTION<o:p></o:p> ARTICLE 10 A<o:p></o:p> 1. The <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place>'s action on the international scene shall be guided by the principles which<o= :p></o:p> have inspired its own creation, development and enlargement, and which it seeks to advance in the wider world: democracy, t= he rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality= and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law.<o:p></o:p> The <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> shal= l seek to develop relations and build partnerships with third countries, and inter= national, regional or global organisations which share the principles referred to in = the first subparagraph. It shall promote multilateral solutions to common probl= ems, in particular in the framework of the United Nations.<o:p></o:p> 2. The <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> s= hall define and pursue common policies and actions, and shall work for a high de= gree of cooperation in all fields of international relations, in order to:<o:p><= /o:p> (a) safeguard its values, fundamental interests, security, independence and integrity;<o:p></o:p> (b) consolidate and support democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the principles of international law;<o:p></o:p></span= > (c) preserve peace, prevent conflicts and strengt= hen international security, in accordance with the purposes and principles of t= he United Nations Charter, with the principles of the Helsinki Final Act and w= ith the aims of the Charter of Paris, including those relating to external bord= ers;<o:p></o:p> (d) foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of developing countries, with the primary aim of eradicating poverty;<o:p></o:= p> (e) encourage the integration of all countries in= to the world economy, including through the progressive abolition of restricti= ons on international trade;<o:p></o:p> (f) help develop international measures to preser= ve and improve the quality of the environment and the sustainable management of global natural resources, in order to ensure sustainable development;<o:p><= /o:p> (g) assist populations, countries and regions confronting natural or man-made disasters; and<o:p></o:p> (h) promote an international system based on stro= nger multilateral cooperation and good global governance.<o:p></o:p> 3. The Union shall respect the principles and pur= sue the objectives set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 in the development and implementation of the different areas of the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</= st1:place>'s external action covered by this Title and by Part Five of the Treaty on the= Functioning of the European Union, and of the external aspects of its other policies.<o= :p></o:p> The <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> shall ensure consistency between the different areas of its external action and between these and its other policies. The Council and the Commission, assis= ted by the High Representative of the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> = for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, shall ensure that consistency and shall cooperate to that effect.”<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div style=3D'mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt'> Consolidated Treaty Article(s):<= o:p></o:p> n/a<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div style=3D'mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt'> Explanation: <o:p></o:p> This Article massively enhances the general guide= lines and objectives for the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place>’s ext= ernal action. It lists the values and objectives of t= he <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> yet it says nothing of how Members States have different values and objectives and assign different national priorities to those goals. In particular, it damningly asserts beyond the <st1:place w:st= =3D"on">Union</st1:place> “the universality and indivisibility of human rights” as engineered under the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty. It is clear that the assertion of these values within the Treaty act as a s= pecific reference for future accessions to the Union as well as any sanctions again= st a <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Member</st1:PlaceName> <s= t1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> that infringes those values.= This Article provides for several Union objectives: “preserve peace, preve= nt conflicts and strengthen international security” which have been and = will in the foreseeable future belong to NATO and the UN. The European Union, through this provision, will duplicate and weaken the role of the other org= anisations and will not be more effective. It is also for the UN to “assist populations, countries and regions confronting natural or man made disasters.” The objecti= ves of the CFSP have been broadened extensively within the Lisbon Treaty, leading = to a catastrophic surrender of national sovereignty and greatly reduce the capac= ity of the UK Government to assert an independent foreign policy. <o:p></o:p></= span> <o:p> </o:p> The Title V of the TEU “Provisions on a com= mon Foreign and Security Policy” will now be replaced with the “Gen= eral Provisions on the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place>’s External Action and Specific Provisions on the Common Foreign and Security Policy.” Whilst this Artic= le is new, it is based on several existing Treaty articles (see Article 11 TEU and Articles, 177, 174, 87 and 181a TEC), which set out CFSP objectives in cert= ain areas. In particular, paragraph 3 (sub-para 1) is in part based on the curr= ent Article 178 TEC, which requires other EC measures to be consistent with development policy; and the consistency requirement (sub-para 2) is based on the current Article 3 TEU.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> This Article states that the <st1:place w:st=3D"o= n">Union</st1:place> shall “encourage the integration of all countries into the world econ= omy, including through the progressive abolition of restrictions on international trade”. However, within the declared exclusive trade arrangements of = the Union, international trade is met with European protectionism – lowering tar= iffs for those within the 27-bloc while maintaining tarrifs for those outside – which will continue to be to the detriment of all developing countr= ies across the globe. This is not a just or acceptable model, and British politicians and constituents from across the political divide have raised t= he campaigns on the damage this European framework has done to developing econ= omies and the lives of people across the world. Since the Article itself is a fal= se statement with no bearing on reality – which has been proven – there can be no support of it in any shape or form. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The role played by the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Uni= on</st1:place> in the international arena has no= w been increased with the Lisbon Treaty (in contrast to the Member States, whose p= ower on foreign policy is now reduced to a secondary authority of a subsidiary council). The present foreign policy Articles of the TEU are widely amended by the Lisbon Treaty, mainly to provide for the role of the widely disputed High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The assertion of a European body of human rights will dangerously impact upon the <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">UK</= st1:place></st1:country-region> when, in conflict, it also hopes to also assert the need for global enterpr= ise, and business. How can governments negotiate with the European Union which demands enterprise in one voice and with another, often stronger voice, asks that its demands over human rights are also met (or face sanctions). Those = are the kind of conditions that the <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place = w:st=3D"on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> should be dictating according to national priorities and national legislati= on with respect to a management of a particular external country as it develop= s. To insist on the EU’s protection of a body of rights upfront as a principled primary demand for all external political actors will jeoparise = the <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>̵= 7;s future trade relations and any opportunity for an independent foreign polic= y. <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>