Here is some reasons to vote against:
More power to the EU
We think decisions are best made at a local level, close to the people they affect. But the EU Constitution would mean giving even more power to remote politicians. In the modern world more decisions should be taken locally, not in another country hundreds of miles away.
More power to politicians we can’t control
The EU Constitution would set up a European President and a European Foreign Minister. In Britain the Government pretends that the EU Constitution is just “a tidying up exercise”. But politicians in Europe are more honest about what’s really going on. German Foreign Minister Joshcka Fischer says that he is in favour of “creating a single European state bound by one European Constitution.” Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt says the EU Constitution would give the EU “all the instruments of a federal state.” Germany’s Europe Minister has called the Constitution “the birth certificate of a United States of Europe.”
Britain weaker in Europe
The EU Constitution would make it harder for Britain to block damaging proposals from the European Commission. In 63 new areas our right of veto – in other words our right to say no – would be abolished. Britain’s ability to stop legislation would be cut by 30%, making it easier for the EU to pass new laws even if they are bad for Britain.
Less control over crime and civil liberties
The EU Constitution would give the EU new powers over our courts and criminal laws. The EU could determine what prison sentences some convicted criminals should get, and EU judges could for the first time initiate investigations of British citizens. EU judges would have powers over what evidence could be used against criminals. The EU would get new powers over our police, over what civil rights we have and over our immigration policy. These are decisions that should be made in Britain, not by the European Union.
Losing control over our economy, schools and hospitals
Leading French politician Nicolas Sarkozy has said that the EU Constitution would be the “embryo” of a “European Economic Government”, giving the European Union new powers to “coordinate” our economy and our employment policy. The Constitution would make the EU Charter of Rights legally binding, giving EU judges new powers to regulate our economy. It would give the EU new powers over social security benefits, and how services like schools and hospitals are run.
Less control over our armed forces and foreign policy
The EU Constitution would create an EU Foreign Minister and give the EU its own diplomatic service, which Jose Zapatero, the Spanish Prime Minister, has said will eventually lead to the abolition of member states’ embassies. The EU Foreign Minister would represent Britain at the UN on all issues where the EU had adopted a single line. The European Court would have new powers to rule over our armed forces.
More cost, more waste
Everyone knows that Europe needs to change. But the Constitution does nothing to solve Europe’s real problems. EU politicians have talked about reform for years – but nothing ever seems to change.
Locking in wasteful farming policies
The EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a subsidy for farmers in Europe. This costs every household in Britain £1,000 a year in higher tax and higher food prices - and it costs the poorest people in Britain the most. The CAP also traps farmers in the world's poorest countries in poverty, by making it impossible for them to trade fairly with Europe.
Fraud and corruption
The EU is riddled with fraud and corruption. Its own accountants have not signed off its books for ten years. But the EU Constitution will do nothing to solve this. Britain pays £12 billion into into the EU every year - we must stop this money being wasted.
High unemployment in Europe
The euro is not working for the countries that have adopted it. Over 19 million people are unemployed across the EU. The Constitution would make things worse by taking away even more control over member states’ economies.
Damaging our economy
According to official figures, European regulations have cost the UK economy £24 billion since 1998. The EU Constitution will mean even more unnecessary regulations. Opinion polls show 60% of businesses are against signing up, because they worry it would be bad for jobs and industry. But the EU’s new powers don’t just cost business – they would hurt public services and charities too, tying them up in costly bureaucracy.
Bankrupt pensions
Some of the euro countries are facing a crisis because they have not saved enough money to pay out pensions in the future. These countries face huge national debts. The Constitution doesn't deal with this long term problem.
A bad deal for Britain
In October 2000 Tony Blair said he was opposed to “a single, legally binding document called a Constitution”. His Government said, "For the record, we are not proposing a constitution of Europe". However, under pressure from France and Germany, they gave in.
Tony Blair said he aimed to “take powers back” from the EU. But the Constitution would not bring back a single power to Britain. Tony Blair promised the Constitution would make things simpler – but in fact it would make the EU more complicated and bureaucratic than ever. Now Blair is claiming that the Constitution is a “triumph for Britain” which would give Britain “everything we wanted”.
But Tony Blair didn’t get a good deal for Britain. During the negotiations the Government made 275 demands, but got only 27 of them. The Government said they were against giving up our veto over EU powers to determine prison sentences, but then later signed up anyway. The Government said that an EU foreign minister was "unacceptable", but then accepted it. The Government said that the EU Charter of Rights would be “no more binding than the Beano”. But the Constitution would make the Charter legally binding and give EU judges more power over our economy and public services.
No wonder the French government describes the Constitution as, “the crowning of the French vision for Europe, against the Anglo-Saxon vision.”
Source:
http://www.nocampaign.com/
