tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post8326430401979158336..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: Germany is gearing up for a major debate on the future of Europe, so must BritainOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-24058367241845708882012-03-13T04:13:38.675+00:002012-03-13T04:13:38.675+00:00The EU has hit the buffers !!!
There is no way for...The EU has hit the buffers !!!<br />There is no way forward from the present entanglement . It is time for our sovereign governments to stop play this silly game for self engrandisment posturing on the EU/World stage , failing to see what fools they are making of themselves , gaining the disrespect of their home population . The EU will not work in its present form , no amount of giggery pokery can put right the errors already made . A new Constitution would be voted out as before . the whole concept of the EU construction is the interlocking of nations , like bricks , so that if you dare to take one out , the whole EU will collapse . It is possible British PMs fear that British withdrawal could trigger the breakup of the EU . I believe British withdrawal would give a service to the EU , make heads of state realise the project is a failure and has no future in its present form .David Barnebynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-2470151671087543772012-03-10T09:39:45.964+00:002012-03-10T09:39:45.964+00:00We desperately need a referendum as to whether we ...We desperately need a referendum as to whether we are happy to keep subsidising this profligate undemocratic EU Gravy Train.<br /><br />It is certainly a good little earner for socialist and liberal socialists e.g. Lord and Lady Kinnock, Lady Mandelson, Lady Ashton, etc, etc.Gosporttorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-83925767309770094142012-03-06T13:41:47.013+00:002012-03-06T13:41:47.013+00:00There is something I don't understand about th...There is something I don't understand about the comments of Westerwelle. Does he really means that the European COuncil must act as a second parliamentary chamber ?<br /><br />That means that the European heads of State/government must control the action of their fellow ministers in the different settings of the COuncil of European Union. That's kinda strange in collegial cabinets, isn't it?<br /><br />Furthermore, what on earth is so complicated about the old co-decision (now normal legislative method) ? It can be made graphical in one A4-size leaflet.<br /><br />Did Westerwelle ever read anyting about the European Union or is this just electoral blablaFilip S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-8670852106908020252012-03-06T12:57:45.125+00:002012-03-06T12:57:45.125+00:00Let's have a straightforward referendum - stay...Let's have a straightforward referendum - stay in this disatrous organisation or be independent and free.Will Podmorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-25009719565425506812012-03-06T12:20:44.334+00:002012-03-06T12:20:44.334+00:00Typically neither Ms Merkel nor Herr Westerwelle h...Typically neither Ms Merkel nor Herr Westerwelle have indicated what new competences or new policies the political union which they favour might undertake. Their discourse is all about form, procedure and decision making arrangements. It is a fair bet however that noone in Germany is going to support any new policies which require common funding. So the scope for more integration may turn out to be fairly limited. Even in those areas which don't require significant resources, like foreign policy, there will be constraints. Are the French really going to give up their seat on the United Nations Security Council in favour of an EU one? <br /><br />The challenge for the United Kingdom, if a new negotiation gets under way, will be to decide what we do want,rather than what we don't. One option is, of course, to leave the EU and negotiate an arrangement with it similar to those of Norway or Switzerland. But if Open Europe doesn't favour this course of action, what would you suggest instead?crapshooternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-7622475672732206272012-03-06T12:14:38.281+00:002012-03-06T12:14:38.281+00:00The cancer of ever closer union of a gaggle of nat...The cancer of ever closer union of a gaggle of nations in a downward spiral will continue to spread; until, of course, we have the gumption to cut it out from our country.<br />The longer we tarry, the higher the cost and the greater the damage.<br />We obviously do not want to still be aboard when it crashes.<br />Our 'leaders' should be thinking of the nation, rather than their own ambition to play on a bigger, rotten, stage.Rollohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18255460090580758354noreply@blogger.com