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Jun, 2008
A fact the few seem willing to acknowledge is that Germany has never ratified the Maastricht Treaty, and we make all this fuss about the Lisbon Treaty Referendum in Ireland! It makes no difference to the 'colleagues' in the EU.
We can thank Dr Peter Gauweiler, the CSU MP for Munich South for the problem with the Maastricht Treaty.
Gawain Towler of England Expects, has spotted that Dr Gauweiler has filed a complaint about the Treaty with the German Federal Constitutional Court. He reproduces the complaint, which is shown below. It is worth reading in full as it list much of what is wrong with the Treaty and the EU.
[Photo of Justice, by permission of Free Photo.com and is (c) FreeFoto.com]
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