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> TREATY TO ENFORCE AN OFFICIAL EU CITIZENSHIP – <o:p></o:p></sp= an> BRITISH CITIZENS TO BECOME EU CITIZENS<o:p></o:p> [ARTICLE 8]<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> = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = </= span><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 II, Provisions on Democratic principles, Article 8<o:= p></o:p> [NOTE:= This is a new Title]<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, pag= e 1, line 12, after ‘excluding’, insert—<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> ‘(i) Article 1, paragr= aph 12, replacement Title II and Article 8 TEU relating to provisions on democr= atic principles; and<o:p><= /o:p> <o:p> </o:p> (ii)’.<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:City w:st=3D"on">= <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Lisb= on</st1:place></st1:City> Treaty Article:<o:p></o:p></spa= n> DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES<o:p></o:p> 12) Title II and Article 8 shall be replaced by t= he following new heading and new Articles 8 to 8 C:<o:p></o:p> "TITLE II PROVISIONS ON DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE= S<o:p></o:p> ARTICLE 8<o:p></o:p> In all its activities, the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"= >Union</st1:place> shall observe the principle of the equality of its citizens, who shall rece= ive equal attention from its institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. Every national of a <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Member</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceT= ype w:st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceType> shall be a citizen of the <st1:place w:st= =3D"on">Union</st1:place>. Citizenship of the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> shall be additi= onal to national citizenship and shall not replace it. <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 provision on the principle of “democratic equality” is an attem= pt to bring the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> closer to its citizen= s. It is not in <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Britain</st1:country-region>̵= 7;s interest to further pursue a policy on European citizenship when this polic= y is creating well-documented damage to the British policy on citizenship, immigration and asylum, and more, importantly, marks an attack on <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Westminster</st1:place></st1:City> parli= amentary democracy. <o:p></o:p> <o:p>&= nbsp;</o:p> The va= rious peoples of Europe in general do not want to feel closer to the Union, and find the = <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> undemocratic and unaccountable. The= last two sentences were added, clandestinely, in the October draft at the reques= t of the European Parliament which was seeking to raise the profile of EU citizenship. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p></spa= n> The concept of EU can already be found in Article 17 EC which states that:<o:p></o:p> “1. Citizenship = of the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> is hereby established. Every p= erson holding the nationality of a <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Member</st1:PlaceNa= me> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceType> shall be a citizen of the <st1:place w:st= =3D"on">Union</st1:place>. Citizenship of the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> shall complemen= t and not replace national citizenship.<o:p></o:p> 2. Citizens of the <st= 1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> shall enjoy the rights conferred by this Trea= ty and shall be subject to the duties imposed thereby.”<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p></spa= n> With the Lisbon Treaty, the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place>’s citizenship is “= additional to national citizenship.” T</sp= an>his provision creates dual citizenship for each individual. However, since </span= >the= re is not a European demos, the Union will never have the legitimacy, loyalty = or respect from each <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Member<= /st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s citiz= ens as they have towards their own state. The concept of EU citizenship is a widel= y criticised notion – states have citizens, and s= ince no provision has been made to ensure that the European Union is recognised as a legal state within <st1:place w:st=3D= "on">Europe</st1:place>, it cannot have citizens or citizenship. Even if an EU citizenship is enforc= ed, the peoples of <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Brita= in</st1:place></st1:country-region> should not be legally obliged to obey it. <o:p></o:p> <o:p>&= nbsp;</o:p> Up to = now, nobody could be a citizen of a state but under the Lisbon Treaty each citiz= en of each <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Member</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:= st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceType> will become a citizen of the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place>. An E= U citizenship implies certain Euro-centric rights and duties, yet each <st1:place w:st=3D= "on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Member</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">State</st1:P= laceType></st1:place> citizen already has different national rights, obligations and duties to the state and between individuals. It is clear that the citizens of each <st1:P= laceName w:st=3D"on">Member</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">State</st1:Pl= aceType> will have to respect the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> as a high= er authority than their own states. Moreover, it seems, the legal rights and duties inherent to Union citizenship will be given primacy in cases of conf= lict with the ones of the national state since the Union law is superior. <o:p><= /o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>

MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/D86798D8/article8.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> TREATY TO ENFORCE AN OFFICIAL EU CITIZENSHIP – <o:p></o:p></sp= an> BRITISH CITIZENS TO BECOME EU CITIZENS<o:p></o:p> [ARTICLE 8]<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> = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = </= span><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 II, Provisions on Democratic principles, Article 8<o:= p></o:p> [NOTE:= This is a new Title]<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, pag= e 1, line 12, after ‘excluding’, insert—<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> ‘(i) Article 1, paragr= aph 12, replacement Title II and Article 8 TEU relating to provisions on democr= atic principles; and<o:p><= /o:p> <o:p> </o:p> (ii)’.<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:City w:st=3D"on">= <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Lisb= on</st1:place></st1:City> Treaty Article:<o:p></o:p></spa= n> DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES<o:p></o:p> 12) Title II and Article 8 shall be replaced by t= he following new heading and new Articles 8 to 8 C:<o:p></o:p> "TITLE II PROVISIONS ON DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE= S<o:p></o:p> ARTICLE 8<o:p></o:p> In all its activities, the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"= >Union</st1:place> shall observe the principle of the equality of its citizens, who shall rece= ive equal attention from its institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. Every national of a <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Member</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceT= ype w:st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceType> shall be a citizen of the <st1:place w:st= =3D"on">Union</st1:place>. Citizenship of the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> shall be additi= onal to national citizenship and shall not replace it. <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 provision on the principle of “democratic equality” is an attem= pt to bring the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> closer to its citizen= s. It is not in <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Britain</st1:country-region>̵= 7;s interest to further pursue a policy on European citizenship when this polic= y is creating well-documented damage to the British policy on citizenship, immigration and asylum, and more, importantly, marks an attack on <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Westminster</st1:place></st1:City> parli= amentary democracy. <o:p></o:p> <o:p>&= nbsp;</o:p> The va= rious peoples of Europe in general do not want to feel closer to the Union, and find the = <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> undemocratic and unaccountable. The= last two sentences were added, clandestinely, in the October draft at the reques= t of the European Parliament which was seeking to raise the profile of EU citizenship. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p></spa= n> The concept of EU can already be found in Article 17 EC which states that:<o:p></o:p> “1. Citizenship = of the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> is hereby established. Every p= erson holding the nationality of a <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Member</st1:PlaceNa= me> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceType> shall be a citizen of the <st1:place w:st= =3D"on">Union</st1:place>. Citizenship of the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> shall complemen= t and not replace national citizenship.<o:p></o:p> 2. Citizens of the <st= 1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> shall enjoy the rights conferred by this Trea= ty and shall be subject to the duties imposed thereby.”<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p></spa= n> With the Lisbon Treaty, the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place>’s citizenship is “= additional to national citizenship.” T</sp= an>his provision creates dual citizenship for each individual. However, since </span= >the= re is not a European demos, the Union will never have the legitimacy, loyalty = or respect from each <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Member<= /st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s citiz= ens as they have towards their own state. The concept of EU citizenship is a widel= y criticised notion – states have citizens, and s= ince no provision has been made to ensure that the European Union is recognised as a legal state within <st1:place w:st=3D= "on">Europe</st1:place>, it cannot have citizens or citizenship. Even if an EU citizenship is enforc= ed, the peoples of <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Brita= in</st1:place></st1:country-region> should not be legally obliged to obey it. <o:p></o:p> <o:p>&= nbsp;</o:p> Up to = now, nobody could be a citizen of a state but under the Lisbon Treaty each citiz= en of each <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Member</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:= st=3D"on">State</st1:PlaceType> will become a citizen of the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place>. An E= U citizenship implies certain Euro-centric rights and duties, yet each <st1:place w:st=3D= "on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Member</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">State</st1:P= laceType></st1:place> citizen already has different national rights, obligations and duties to the state and between individuals. It is clear that the citizens of each <st1:P= laceName w:st=3D"on">Member</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">State</st1:Pl= aceType> will have to respect the <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Union</st1:place> as a high= er authority than their own states. Moreover, it seems, the legal rights and duties inherent to Union citizenship will be given primacy in cases of conf= lict with the ones of the national state since the Union law is superior. <o:p><= /o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>