Dear Mr. Klaus,

it seems now you stand as one of the few remaining non-compliant political representatives in power in any EU member-state. Until this day you have displayed admirable courage and firm moral stance not only in relations to the EU issues but also against the “global warming” scare-mongering. I hope there will be a tide of letters from all over Europe and the World asking you the same - as surely many of your citizens expect.

Do not bow down to the anti-democratic political pressure, Mr. Klaus!

Do not sign the ratification of this dubious paperwork, designed to install whole new political reality on this ethically exhausted continent. Please investigate in the name of all Europeans, what happened in each and every EU member country so this unfortunate Treaty has been passed. I am convinced you will find there have been many systematic manipulations of national sovereignty.

For example in my country Slovenia an unconstitutional breach of the Law on Referendum (ZRLI -UPB2, art. 16.) happened and NGO “Zveza domoljubnih društev Hervardi” has been prevented from collecting 40.000 signatures on the ground that out of 2.700 signatures (first step, initiative, collected in only 7 days after the speedy ratification in Državni zbor) 400 were announced as in-valid by the Ministry of Interior (MNZ). Hervardi have put a valid constitutional complaint (13.2.2008 !) which until today has not been processed at all

http://www.hervardi.com/upload/pobuda_us_lp.doc

This complaint still lies in the drawers of the Slovenian Constitutional Court and they would have to explain how is it possible that the MNZ as a part of the executive branch has in practice complete control over the most delicate part of strictly legislative matter - control over collecting signatures, both 2.500 for initiative and even more importantly - 40.000 at the Administrative Offices under the hand of MNZ again.

Truly we have not since 1991 moved far from the old regime. No real political opposition arose, especially against EU (and must add NATO) “only-option policy”. New political groups have been carefully prevented from entering the stage with elaborate system of financial discrimination of political parties (in 1994 only parties in Parliament got public funds, later the threshold lowered to 1%) so today all are passive and young generations don’t have any real political experience.

All these factors display rather grim picture of the political future of our continent. Young generations should be educated not only in the constitutional ways of their respective countries but should also embrace politics as a way to harmonize “rei publicae” and not to label it with a “whore” - as is sadly so frequently repeated by the political pharisees themselves.

If it is in you power, please hold on, until this matter and perhaps any other from Europe (as far as I know Germany still has very questionable situations with their Constitutional Courts, Austria perhaps too) arise through the myst of manipulated media.

Thank you for all you have already done!

Best regards,

Blaž Babič, Ljubljana, Slovenia
also acting Secretary General, TEAM