tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post1536353605491784399..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: Renzi: Italy won't support Juncker if EU policies don't changeOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-82529535785556175812014-06-09T17:24:53.311+01:002014-06-09T17:24:53.311+01:00If Cameron was serious about wanting radical chang...If Cameron was serious about wanting radical changes to the EU treaties then he wouldn't be so bothered about who becomes the next President of the Commission, because he would know that TREATY CHANGES ARE NOT IN THE GIFT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION.<br /><br />If the person in that position was opposed to what Cameron says he wants then he could try to obstruct and delay the process of treaty change, but that is all; the treaties belong to the sovereign member states and it is the governments of those members states who have the final word on any changes to their treaties.<br /><br />The opposition of some of those other governments to the kind of treaty changes that Cameron claims to want would be a far more serious problem then the opposition of the President of the Commission or for that matter the EU Parliament; indeed as each of those governments has a veto on changes to their treaties it is hard to see how it would not be a fatal problem.<br /><br />So it may reasonably be suspected that Cameron himself does not expect to get the radical treaty changes that he says he wants, and would be prepared to settle for minor changes through secondary legislation which he could then misrepresent to the British people as being massive concessions.<br /><br />In other words, he is planning to do a Wilson on us.<br />Denis Coopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-46532782674846319942014-06-09T16:50:56.056+01:002014-06-09T16:50:56.056+01:00If I were a British PM wishing to leave the EU, an...If I were a British PM wishing to leave the EU, and have it made easier for me, I should back Herr Juncker.<br />On the other hand, if I were the British PM, but wishing to remain within the EU, but on scantily renegotiated terms [which are all that are likely to be available with Herr Juncker as President], I should resist his candidacy.<br />Which British PM are you, Mr Cameron? JMRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-44476300129325987442014-06-09T12:29:32.013+01:002014-06-09T12:29:32.013+01:00I have no interest in the analysis of whether a ne...I have no interest in the analysis of whether a new EUSSR leader will be put in place to kill off the UK as an independent country as quickly as possible (Juncker) or over a longer period of time (a.n.other candidate). A plague on all their houses.<br />Average Englishmannoreply@blogger.com