Traduction de «goal having a democratically legitimate constitution prepared » (Anglais → Français) :

an ultimate goal of having a democratically legitimate constitution prepared with the participation all political forces and civil society, in a public and transparent process;

77. Is concerned about current political developments in Egypt after the military takeover of 3 July 2013, about the political polarisation, serious economic difficulties, and the situation regarding respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country, and about security in the region, with special regard to Sinai; condemns in the clearest possible terms all acts of violence, including attacks on Coptic churches, and believes that the recent operations of the Egyptian security forces have been disproportionate and have r ...[+++]esulted in an unacceptably large number of deaths and injuries; calls on the Egyptian Government to refrain from such action; urges all political parties to engage in a genuinely inclusive dialogue in order to restore a democratic process responding to the legitimate requests and aspirations of the Egyptian people; stresses the need for a national reconciliation of all political and social forces, including the moderate components of the Muslim Brotherhood, as a key element in order to move forward the democratic transition which entails the organisation of presidential and parliamentary elections; stresses that the EU, through the HR/VP, could be in a position to encourage a dialogue between the main political actors in the country conducive to the establishment of a government of national unity to prepare elections; in particular, recommends that the HR/VP send a clear message that the illegalisation of the Muslim Brotherhood would jeopardise democratic inclusion and compromise the prospects of returning to democracy;

36. Calls on Turkey to demonstrate resilience and intensify its efforts towards a political solution to the Kurdish issue and asks all political forces to work in alliance towards the goal of reinforced political dialogue and a process of further political, cultural and socio-economic inclusion and participation of citizens of Kurdish origin, in order to guarantee the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly; considers, in this connection, that the right to education in one's native language is essential; calls on the Government of Turkey to step up its efforts to further promote socio-economic development in the south ...[+++]-east; takes the view that the constitutional reform provides a very useful framework to promote a democratic opening; recalls that a political solution can only be built upon an open and truly democratic debate on the Kurdish issue and expresses concern at the large number of cases launched against writers and journalists writing on the Kurdish issue and the arrest of several Kurdish politicians, locally elected mayors and members of municipal councils, lawyers, protestors and human rights defenders in connection with the KCK trial and other police operations; calls on the Government of Turkey to create the peaceful basis for political figures of Kurdish origin to have a free and pluralistic debate; underlines the importance of promoting discussion of the Kurdish issue within the democratic institutions, particularly the TGNA;

I would argue that it is the provincial governments of the country set up by our Constitution that have a legitimate democratic mandate to speak for the people of those provinces, not the Senate, or senators from those provinces, many of whom do not even live in those provinces and have only a very tangential relationship with those provinces.

I have said on a number of occasions, including here, that I never imagined for one second that the Heads of State or Government, who represent the highest democratic authority in the Union, could reasonably agree to the draft European Constitution prepared by the Convention as it stands, without amending it – at least that is what the ukases of the majority of this Parliament wanted.

We then have no other choice but to conclude that, in order to attain its constitutional goal, the Government of Quebec is tempted to manipulate what is our fundamental right to a clear, free and democratic choice.

The present forms of the public financing of political parties have gradually evolved from ad hoc solutions and were only later placed on foundations that satisfy constitutional requirements of transparency and democratic legitimation.

So were Quebec to secede, I think that the new Quebec state is just the sort of modern plurinational state that should have a secession clause somewhere in its constitution, because secessionist politics will arise in that state and there should be some democratic, legitimate way of deciding victory in secessionist politics.

The Enron affair has provided an opportunity for serious public policy discussion, the goal of which should be to devise an appropriate response to legitimate concerns that have been expressed by investors, creditors, preparers, regulators and the general public.

There is no doubt that they have contributed to legitimizing the principle of the constitutional state, to democratization, and to the broadening of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.