A project calling to engage a process of A Constituent Assembly for a Different Europe.

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Wednesday June 08, 2005 16:55

by brazil

hdorsay at yahoo dot fr

Engage a process of A Constituent Assembly for social europe

As citizens of Europe, we believe
- that the construction of the European Union has so far been carried out without the peoples of Europe
- that basic human rights are being subordinated to economic interests, and are respected neither in theory nor in practice.

This is particularly true for the Treaty establishing a European Constitution, given the way it was drawn up and the primacy of economy over humanity that it represents. This is why we as citizens deny it all legitimacy and reject it.
We further believe that a Constitution should be produced by a truly democratic procedure which defines basic principles for living in the European Community. Such a Constitution should also establish legislative judiciary and executive bodies elected directly from the peoples of Europe and controlled by them.

Whatever the result of the present ratification process, it is essential that we reflect together on the kind of life we want for dignity and for liberation.

We feel it is necessary to debate and establish basic rights such as the following (not an exhaustive list)
- The right to dispose of your own body, conscience and life
- The right to healthy food
- The right to healthy housing
- The right to a health and social security service
- The right to free education throughout one’s life.
- The right to work and the right to choose one’s work freely.
- Freedom of expression of meeting and of circulation
- Freedom from war and from all forms of military and economic enslavement
- The right to a healthy environment, with maintained biodiversity implying changes in our ways of producing and consuming.

The duty to guarantee together the social material and moral conditions necessary to put these rights into practice.

We call on everyone to sign and to circulate this appeal. We need to organize locally debates and collect grievances. We need to prepare a Constituent Assembly for Europe which, made up of members elected only for that purpose, will draw up a people’s constitution.

http://www.appel-constituante.org/