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News Archive 2004

31/03/2004
Blair challenged over Constitution claims

Jonathan Evans MEP, Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament, today challenged claims by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons about the effects of the new EU Constitution on UK sovereignty.

Mr Evans dismissed the Prime Minister's claims that asylum and immigration policy and laws would be unaffected by the Constitution. He also rejected the Prime Minister's assertion that the European Court of Justice had no jurisdiction to enforce the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the UK.

Mr Evans said: "Either Tony Blair is deliberately misleading the British people or he just doesn't understand what he is agreeing to in this Constitution. The Prime Minister's interpretation of the current Constitution text wouldn't get him a pass mark at a beginner's course in legal principles.

"No wonder the British people don't trust Tony Blair. We say trust the people and let them decide in a referendum."

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