Normal procedure for new EU treaty
Dutch national news, posted September 23rd, 2007
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Because the new EU treaty is a regular reform treaty, the normal approval procedure will be followed. The government does not feel that a referendum is an appropriate instrument.
The government sees the new treaty as similar to those of Maastricht, Amsterdam and Nice, and like those earlier treaties, it can be approved via the normal procedure. The reform treaty will thus be debated and voted on by parliament.
Source: Government.nl, 21 September 2007
