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MEPs Take Symbolic Stand
Written by Libertas   
Thursday, 12 July 2007
The European Parliament is considering flying the EU flag and and playing the EU anthem more often in its own buildings as part of a political message to member sates who have scrapped the Union’s symbols from the new EU Treaty, reports EU Observer.

MEPs are considering using their own parliamentary rules to take a lead role in re-asserting a status for Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” and the familar 12-starred blue flag as part of their opinion on the draft “Reform Treaty” adopted in Brussels yesterday. EP President Hans-Gert Poettering said that he had been moved when he was received by the Israeli Knesset with a rendition of the anthem and asked why it could not be played in the Parliament for visiting dignatories.

I might suggest that MEPs should be a little more concerned about the fact that more than 95% of the citizens they represent will not have any say over the Treaty differs little from one already rejected by those lucky enough to have been consulted two years ago.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 09 December 2007 )
 
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