European Parliament
B6-0327/2006
Gerard Batten (IND/DEM ). –
Mr President, on a point of order, I would like to invoke Rule 35 with reference to this vote. Under Rule 35(1), for all Commission proposals of a legislative nature, the committee responsible shall verify the legal basis. Rule 35(4) says that the committee should have disputed the validity of the proceedings regarding the period of reflection and the ratification process. This is for two reasons. First of all, under the EU’s own rules, any Member State rejecting the Constitutional Treaty has right of veto, and therefore it should be dead. My second point – and the most important point to me – is that the European Constitution is unconstitutional in terms of the British Constitution in relation to Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights and various other acts of ...

