One Seat: update

OneSeat , the campaign to rid Europe of the insane monthly trek to Strasbourg (see many posts below) is nearing it's goal of 1 million signatures. Fortress reckons at the current rate they should be home and dry in the next few weeks. The main players are Cecilia Malmstrom , Chris Heaton-Harris and and Alexander Alvaro .

Fortress hears rumours that they were spotted meeting last week in Strasbourg, plotting what to do when the figure reached the maguc 1 million mark. What will be probably more interesting is what the Commission's response is.

Here are some extracts from the Draft European Constitution:

"No less than one million citizens coming from a significant number of Member States may invite the Commission to submit any appropriate proposal"

"A European law shall determine the provisions for the specific procedures and conditions required for such a citizens' initiative."

So, will the Commission keep Strasbourg, and ignore their own precious hanging-by-a-thread Constitution, or will they respect the "citizens' initiative", and wave Au Revoir to Strasbourg...?

Or will they do what they usually do, and just ignore the whole thing?

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