EU Constitution again
Last night saw another round of internal labour party debate on the European Constitution.Prionsias DeRossa MEP, Michael McLoughlin, Roger Cole and Brendan Young slugged it out again. Roger had the room scattered with tricolour-emblazoned pamphlets which warned of the dangers of getting caught up in nouveau european imperialism. [ I just know Zapatero and Shroeder are planning to carve up Africa, look at their shifty eyes! ] He outlined a rather paranoid view of europe (one to which I subscribed myself 13 years ago). Brendan Young's piece was more interesting for those on a democratic socialist trajectory. For Brendan the words competition and market are negatives in no uncertain terms. He also implied that it is the fault of the EU that the Polish economy is in a mess, causing Poles to resort to coming here for work...nothing to do with decades of communism I suppose. This was rather old left analysis, one which should be left behind in the seventies.
While I sympathise with the workers in SDS I don't really see the necessity for parcel post to be state-run, nor do I see competition in delivery of commercial post to be anything but a good thing for european economies. And the fact that Polish workers can come here and be entitled to all kinds of rights under European law should be welcomed.
Proinsias de Rossa outlines what will hopefully be accepted as the Labour Party's analysis here.
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