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Article 14

 

The Union shall adopt measures to ensure coordination of the economic policies of the Member States, in particular by adopting broad guidelines for these policies. The Member States shall coordinate their economic policies within the Union.

 

The Union shall adopt measures to ensure coordination of the employment policies of the Member States, in particular by adopting guidelines for these policies.

 

Article 15

-The Union’s competence in matters of common foreign and security policy and all questions relating to the Union’s security including the progressive framing of a common defence policy, which might lead to a common defence policy.

 

-        Member states shall actively and unreservedly support the Union’s common foreign and security policy in a spirit of loyalty and mutual solidarity and shall comply with the acts adopted by the Union in this area. They shall refrain from action contrary to the Union’s interests or likely to impair its effectiveness.

 

Article 16

 

-        The Union must take supporting, coordinating or complementary action.

-        The areas for supporting, coordinating or complementary action shall be, at European level:

-        Industry

-        Protection and improvement of human health

-        Education, vocational training, youth and sport.

-        Culture

-        Civil protection.

 

Article 59

-        Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the European Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements.

-        A member state which decides to withdraw shall notify the European council of its intention…In the light of the guidelines provided by the European Council, the Union shall negotiate and conclude an agreement with that State, setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal, taking account of the framework for its future relationship with the Union.  A qualified majority shall conclude that agreement on behalf of the Union acting, after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament.

 

 

-        The representative of the withdrawing Member shall not participate in Council or European or European Council discussions concerning it.

 

Part Two

 

Article 3

 

-National Parliaments may participate in the evaluation mechanisms contained in Article 4 of the Constitution and shall be involved in the political monitoring of Europe’s activities in accordance with Article 22 of the Constitution.

 

-        The Union shall develop a common policy on asylum and temporary protection with a view to offering appropriate status to any third country national requiring international protection and ensuring compliance with the principle of non-refoulement.

 

Article 12

 

-        The Union shall develop a common immigration policy aimed at ensuring, at all stages, the efficient management of migration flows, fair treatment of third country nationals residing legally in Member States.

 

Article 14

 

-        The Union shall develop judicial cooperation in civil matters based on the principle of mutual recognition of judgments and decisions in extra judicial cases.  Such cooperation shall include the measures for the approximation of national laws having cross-border implications.

 

Full text online at:                

http://europeanconvention.eu.int/

 

EUROFACTS

13th June 2003

Vol 8 No17

 

 

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Daniel Hannan - Forming an OPPOSITION to the EU

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VOTE

MAY -2007

 

TO LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION

WITH THE ONLY PARTY WITH A MANDATE

TO SET YOU

 FREE

 

THE

UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY

http://www.ukip.org.uk

 

TO RECLAIM YOUR DEMOCRACY DON'T VOTE FOR THE TRIPARTITE PARTIES IN WESTMINSTER

BUT

SMALL PARTIES THAT SPEAK THEIR MINDS WITHOUT SPIN AND LIES.

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ONLY

PRO-PORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

WILL BRING DEMOCRACY BACK TO THE ENGLISH PEOPLE

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Home Rule for Scotland

WHY NOT

HOME RULE for ENGLAND

 

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THE QUESTION THAT THE VOTER MUST ANSWER

 

DO YOU WISH TO BE GOVERNED BY YOUR OWN PEOPLE, LAW AND CUSTOM OR BY THE CORRUPT ,EXPENSIVE UNACCOUNTABLE AND ALIEN BUSYBODY BRUSSELS’

 

-SIMPLE IS IT NOT?