ANNEX (Written answers) - QUESTIONS TO THE COUNCIL (The Presidency-in-Office of the Council of the European Union bears sole responsibility for these answers)
According to a recent survey, only 22% of people in Finland support ratification of the EU Constitution by the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta). Yet the government of the country holding the Presidency is recommending that it be ratified. What purpose is the country which holds the Presidency pursuing through ratification when its government justifies this ratification by reference to the fact that it currently holds the Presidency of the EU?