EU, Concerned About Votes They Don't Like, Want To Change The Constitution The European Commission called yesterday for the abolition of the national veto in all constitutional matters. The demand was in proposed changes to the draft European constitution unveiled yesterday by Romano Prodi, the commission's president, supposedly in the name of the entire body. As it stands, small countries in the EU are concerned that the French and Germans, and in some cases a larger country like Britain, can force through legislation beneficial to its country ... most of which has already happened. Their only protection in constitutional issues is that if their people disagree, they have a veto. EU career politician wanna-be's, happy to create a new ruling class in Europe, don't like common people having the power to vote. The demand was in proposed changes to the draft European constitution unveiled yesterday by Romano Prodi, the commission's president, supposedly in the name of the entire body. Dismissing the current text drafted by Valery Giscard d'Estaing, the former French president, as "unworkable" and "absurd", Mr Prodi said member states retained far too much power to block decisions. It would inevitably lead to gridlock once the European Union expanded to 25 next year. Mr Prodi said the veto must be eliminated on all future changes to the constitution, saying it was unreasonable to let any one country block future amendments in perpetuity. Mr Prodi also called for an end to the veto in remaining policy areas, citing taxation, public health and even the fight against bio-terrorism. You can next expect that the EU will eliminate anything more than a majority of countries in favor of changes ... then just a majority of people. This will effectively wipe out the identity and sovereignty of small countries, who will have to rely on the whims of the much larger European centers of power. Article Here