10Principles4Treaty 8

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8. DEFINE GOALS INSTEAD OF MEANS

A true, vibrant democracy determines the means by which to achieve the respective objectives of its constitution. Stipulating the concrete policies in the constitution itself is inappropriate.

Examples:

  • The objectives of a transport policy should be “sustainable mobility” and “equal access to mobility for all”, and not the construction of trans-European networks2, including highways, motorways and high-speed railways.
  • The objectives of an agricultural policy should be “sustainable agriculture”, the maintenance of smallholder farming as well as the “production of healthy and sufficient food”, not the “increase of productivity”, “rationalization” or “the best possible utilization of productive factors, especially of labour”3.
  • The “priority aim” of the European Central Bank (ECB) should not be “stability of prices”4, but economic justice, full employment and welfare for all.
  • The ecological sustainability principle must be prior to market freedoms and the logic of profit. It must guide energy, transport, and agricultural policy.
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