Translation of "Consécration dans la constitution " (French → English) :

As far as we are concerned, we believe that cooperation within the framework of the European institutions is fundamental and, in this regard, I would like to stress the importance of the swift ratification of the European Constitution to the citizens of Europe, since it establishes a framework for fighting terrorism that begins with the recognition of peoples’ right to life and to physical integrity, as a fundamental right, and goes on to enshrine an area of freedom, security and justice.

1. Aside from the introduction of a few new legal bases for 'new' - or more clearly defined - competences in Part I, the changes which the Constitution makes to the other sectoral policies stem mainly from the establishment of codecision (and thus qualified majority voting) as the ordinary legislative procedure and the breakdown between legislative and non-legislative acts as now defined.

I do not really know to whom we owe this ‘miracle’, Mr Berlusconi; whether it is the Spanish, the Poles or, as many are saying here, the French, I think they have acted wisely since it is very obvious that the Europe of the 25 has not grown up and it was premature, to say the least, to give it that mark of political and democratic maturity that is a constitution.

1. Where the management or administrative organs of the participating companies draw up a plan for the establishment of an SE, they shall as soon as possible after publishing the draft terms of merger or creating a holding company or after agreeing a plan to form a subsidiary or to transform into an SE, take the necessary steps, including providing information about the identity of the participating companies, concerned subsidiaries or establishments, and the number of their employees, to start negotiations with the representatives of the companies' employees on arrangements for the involvement of employees in the SE.

The enshrining of the double jeopardy principle would be embarrassing to the British government who have now decided they will abolish it.

This principle was enshrined at the 1992 Rio Conference on the Environment and Development, during which the Rio Declaration was adopted, whose principle 15 states that: "in order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capability.