Translation of "Vertrag ablehnen" in English

It is true that whenever we hold one of these meetings, at least in my political framework, the citizens reject the Treaty of Amsterdam, and reject the Treaty of Maastricht.

I simply hope that the French, and in particular those from Alsace, will be able to give their opinion on the subject and reject the Treaty of Amsterdam.

On the other hand, I would consider it frankly absurd - although with all my respect to the Members who presented two amendments along these lines - if the European Parliament refused the procedure outlined in the Treaty, retaining a second reading nonetheless.

The public, on being given a chance in the Republic of Ireland, made it absolutely clear that they do not want it and if the people of Britain were to be given a chance - and they should have been because they were promised it in the last general election by the Labour Government - they would also vote overwhelmingly to reject this Treaty.

It may give the impression that those who do not like the Treaty will be ignored, and therefore their voice will not be heard.

This, for France, is one of the many reasons why we reject the Amsterdam Treaty.

It is about time we listened to them, just as the European political élite should listen to the voters when, in referendum after referendum, they have rejected the Lisbon Treaty.

Fortunately, Poland will reject this Treaty, and I hope other countries will follow suit.

In fact the values of democracy, of social inclusion, of building peace, to which the EU is rhetorically committed, are best protected by good Europeans rejecting this bad Treaty.

The headline reads: ' "States that reject the Treaty may have to leave the EU" says Prodi'.

In addition, I have to question the right of this House - the democratic legitimacy of this House - to adopt this measure and any other measure given that we reject the verdict of the people on the Lisbon Treaty.

I note that the leader of the Liberal Group here calls those who reject that Treaty barking mad.

There are some - certainly in this Chamber - who would prefer to reject the Treaty and turn the clock back to Nice, and perhaps even further to 19th-century thinking.

Today's vote will again show up the bizarre alliance of market fundamentalists, ultra-left and ultra-right, which opposes this Treaty.

The French cannot have another referendum, because that might lead to an English referendum, and of course we all know that the British would reject the new Constitution - oh, sorry - 'Treaty'.

So those who attack the EU for being undemocratic are barking mad to oppose a treaty which puts citizens and their representatives in the driving seat.

To reject the Treaty would be to give up the progress achieved through the Convention method.

In his opinion, if all EU citizens were called on to vote in a referendum, the majority would reject it.

Have you not on several occasions, publicly stated your opposition to the treaty because, and I quote "the bloody Cardies can't be trusted"?

I simply hope that the French, and in particular those from Alsace, will be able to give their opinion on the subject and reject the Treaty of Am sterdam.

Also, although it is known that individual Labour Youth members oppose the Treaty (as is probably the case with some members of the Labour Party itself), the organisation voted in favour of a "yes" position.