re: " 'Doesn't Like What it Sees' "

Olli at Olli In Munich ("originally from Belfast in Northern Ireland and now a serial expat currently living in Munich") has a great post up about the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany's consideration of The Treaty of Lisbon.

Money quote(s):

"The Treaty of Lisbon, drafted by the EU authorities after the failure of the Constitution, has been approved by the German Parliament but final ratification requires the approval of the Court. The European Constitution was never tested in the Court since its rejection by the French and Dutch electorate killed it off.

The Treaty of Lisbon has already been rejected by the electorate of Ireland but, true to form, the EU authorities prefer to ignore this manifestation of democracy in pursuit of their own agenda. The Constitutional court will be rather more difficult to ignore."

"The question at issue is whether the Treaty is compatible with the Basic Law of 1949, effectively Germany's Constitution."

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"If the judges do conclude that the Treaty is at odds with the Basic Law it is dead. While the EU authorities simply chose to treat the Irish electorate with a mixture of anger and contempt and carried on regardless it will be impossible to ignore the Court."