tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post6351234925660187..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: Bonjour Monsieur Cameron, there are potential allies on EU reform on the other side of the ChannelOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-41211112447525690312014-05-08T09:25:14.406+01:002014-05-08T09:25:14.406+01:00OE - you are kidding us about allies.
The impact ...OE - you are kidding us about allies.<br /><br />The impact of the EU has now descended beyond the point of acceptability and democratic accountability. Where were our allies over the last few years?<br /><br />The simple answer is that we have no allies when it comes to looking after our national interest - only ourselves.<br /><br />The ongoing scam/theft/act of war that has become the FTT highlights where we are.<br /><br />When do we get our country back?<br /><br />SCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-41700775843083309082014-05-07T21:08:54.070+01:002014-05-07T21:08:54.070+01:00A more interesting question will be how the EU inv...A more interesting question will be how the EU involvement in the Ukraine will play out re the "Provide peace in Europe for half a century now" slogan.<br />Will be a hardsell when associations are going to be made (even worse).<br /><br />@Denis<br />Fully agree the EU needs a complete overhaul to make it viable for the future. As well as to give it a sustainable platform.<br />If that will not be possible the UK should seriously consider its options. Hard to see how being ever more integrated in an Euromess with all sorts of unexpected funny stuff popping up, can be positive for any country.<br />To begin with this should be the starting point in negotiations anyway. No further integration and definitely not having that as the preferred way of looking at the legal meaning of things.<br /><br />Same with arguments 'that is not how the EU works'. Those are exactly the reasons as well why the EU has to change. To be useful and have that sustainable platform. Riknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-38630913460883462532014-05-07T15:33:36.294+01:002014-05-07T15:33:36.294+01:00And also there's a French lawyer helpfully say...And also there's a French lawyer helpfully saying that everything Cameron says he wants to get out a renegotiation could be fudged without any need for treaty change:<br /><br />http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1a650ee-d363-11e3-8d23-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=uk#axzz30ugY6APB<br /> <br />"Legal loopholes for David Cameron on EU treaty, says top lawyer"<br /><br />Which would enable Cameron to do a Wilson on the British public.<br /><br />He thinks even the knotty problem of "ever closer union" could be solved like that, with a "political declaration". <br /><br />Not a legally binding treaty change, of course, but just a non-binding declaration, on a par with an election manifesto in terms of its legal value.<br /> <br />I guess that the eurofederalists on the ECJ would have to think hard for at least a millisecond before they decided that the solemn and legally binding commitment to a process of "ever closer union" enshrined in the preambles to the EU treaties as ratified by the member states carried a hundred times more weight that a subsequent non-binding declaration by politicians purporting to qualify and dilute that commitment, a declaration they only made for the sake of providing Cameron with a figleaf.<br /> <br />What do you think?Denis Coopernoreply@blogger.com