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2 July 2007

"Openness over Iraq" petition big success - SP contribution decisive

Harry van Bommel, Member of Parliament for the SP and one of the instigators in March of the petition for "Openness over Iraq", expressed his thanks to all of the peace activists who have worked so hard to collect a total of 126.000 signatures. This enormous number was assembled by activists of the group Openness over Iraq as well as the broad peace group Stop the War, two small parliamentary parties, the Green Left and D66, and above all by the SP.

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26 June 2007

Moratorium on cluster bombs should include total ban on use and possession

The Dutch government has at last announced a moratorium on clusterbombs, but this should include a complete ban on the use or possession of these armaments, argues the SP.

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23 June 2007

Netherlands must keep “belief in the market” out of the treaty

The SP was pleasantly surprised by the efforts of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's to have 'free and unrestricted competition' removed from the list of EU goals contained in the new treaty.

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23 June 2007

New EU Treaty will weaken position of member states

Heads of state and government meeting in Brussels as the European Council have reached a compromise over a new EU Treaty stripped of its "constitutional" frills. The agreement nevertheless represents a weakening of the position of the member states, with veto rights being surrendered in a number of policy areas. Nor will national parliaments be given the power to return proposals to the European Commission for reconsideration. On balance, the SP is for these reasons far from happy with the summit's results.

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20 June 2007

New EU Treaty: Seeing is Believing

'It's pleasing to hear the government now enthousiastically stating that we have seen the back of the European Constitution, the road to a European superstate is closed and significantly more power will have to be given to national parliaments in relation to the European legislative process. It must be said that we had heard otherwise. But for us as the SP the watchword remains, "seeing is believing".' So said SP Senator Tiny Kox during Tuesday's debate on the imminent European Council summit in Brussels, where a possible new EU treaty to replace the Constitution rejected by the electorate in the Netherlands and France two years ago will be on the table.

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18 June 2007

Mistakes in Iraq were results of lack of clear mandate

The treatment of prisoners in Iraq was marred by serious errors which were primarily the result of an unclear mandate and inadequate preparation for the mission. That is the conclusion drawn by SP Member of Parliament Krista van Velzen after studying the findings of the official body charged with investigating the affair, the Van den Berg Commission. “I am relieved that it has turned out that no Dutch military personnel were involved in the torture of prisoners in Iraq, but I'm shocked by the abuses which were uncovered. It's good that this enquiry has been conducted and we must now draw the lessons from it.” For the SP, it has now been shown without doubt that Henk Kamp, at the time Defence Minister, was guilty of serious errors of judgement.

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