Why is my poll so of centre?

A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!

I have read most of the constitutional treaty, voted for it in France in 2005, yet I find the way it was ratified in France, after a no vote, to be more or less a denial of democracy. I know some of the "no" vote campaign used doubtful arguments in 2005, but the same can be said of the "yes" campaign ; more problematic is that an important reason I voted yes was in the hope that it would enable popular legitimacy for the EU projects, and indeed for reforms moving away from neoliberalism. The Lisbon treaty, with the current process of adoption, which includes voluntary obfuscation, denial of former negative referendums, is killing the popular legitimacy for the European project. It seems "no" isn't an answer, and can only be caused by ignorance or misleading.

Well, a democracy that can't take "no" for an answer isn't doing very well. And further kicking it by ramming Lisbon through is hurting it more than the imbalances of Nice.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

I superficially read the treaty, so I said "some". And I'd vote for it, but on the basis that it's an improvement, not that it's a good treaty.

I have to admit it's my vote in "Not read and oppose." I understand that Lisbon treaty is supposed to improve EU's decision making. First more power to the parliament, only after that better "decision making". Not the other way around.

Yup. I've read both Nice and Lisbon. Am I an EU nut? Yes. And I support Lisbon 101%.

I think it's wrong however to object to it purely because it has some issues that haven't been adressed or could have been done differently. People need to be reminded that the EU is constantly evolving, and the Lisbon treaty isn't the treaty to end all treaties. Once it goes in to effect, the work towards creating the next treaty will most definitely begin.

I've read some of it. And I'm roughly in favour of it because there was more in the bits I read that I liked than there was I didn't like (most of it wasn't really that inspiring either way...).

- Jake

"Terraforming your own planet to make it uninhabitable hardly counts as epic win." - ThatBritGuy