When the votes were held in France and the Netherlands and the constitutional treaty as it stood was stopped, the Germans decided under their presidency to hold all these discussions again and sent round a letter—its existence was denied, but it did exist—to all the Governments, including the British Government, asking how best to resuscitate the process. One question asked was:"““How do you assess the proposal made by some member states””—"
that must have included the UK—"““using different terminology without changing the legal substance, for example with regard to the title of the treaty””?"
How did the Her Majesty’s Government respond?
European Union (Amendment) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Iain Duncan Smith
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 5 March 2008.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on European Union (Amendment) Bill.
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472 c1784-5;472 c1782-3 
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2007-08
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