. . . or How I Learned to Stop Worrying Love the GATS.'
Some IMC contributors
paid a visit to one of Fine Gael's forums on the Nice Treaty at
which Peter Sutherland - in reply to an IMC question about the
complexities of Article 133 of the Treaty - gave a very honest
answer.
"He kindly confirmed that the General Agreement on Trade
and Services can be ratified post-Nice without ever being debated
in, much less subject to the approval of, a National or European
parliament or any other form of democratic institution."
In the
course of his answer he mentioned three groups - the EU Commission,
The Council of Ministers and the Article 133 Committee as being the
groups with the combined power to sign the EU as a whole up to GATS.
When did anyone ever vote for one of these groups? They are all
appointees rather than elected representatives. And who are the 133
Committee anyway? Try Google. You will get more info from a simple
search about this shadowy group than the EU will ever give
you.
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