tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post7134573917120107224..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: Is the European Parliament reformable?OEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-64202789919874131342011-03-27T10:46:35.513+01:002011-03-27T10:46:35.513+01:00What is the matter with the British public. Everyo...What is the matter with the British public. Everyone is up in arms when some on benefits manage to earn a few extra pounds cleaning windows or serving behind a bar. Without condoning such practices, at least such people have the excuse of poverty. <br /><br />If this isn't 'benefit' cheating I dont know what is. Were those stung previously known to be dishonest or may this really be normal practice? With so many other questionabel privileges showered on MEPs and EU officials added to their unearned high salaries I suspect this kind of corruption is not uncommon.Charlotte Bullnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-13957725508743631902011-03-26T08:54:49.539+00:002011-03-26T08:54:49.539+00:00The sooner the UK pulls out of the EU the better. ...The sooner the UK pulls out of the EU the better. It is a corrupt organisation which the British people do not want, but unfortunately the British MP's do not want to put it to a referendum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-91874046220074698722011-03-25T20:49:29.937+00:002011-03-25T20:49:29.937+00:00"MEPs caught in newspaper sting accepting €10..."MEPs caught in newspaper sting accepting €100,000 bribes to amend EU laws"<br /><br /><br />It would be very interesting if the newspaper could discover whethere this corrupt and illegal bribe has been declared for income tax purposes by MEP Adrian Severin the former Deputy Prime Minister of Romania. He may deny any wrongdoing but he has agreed ihe received the payment. However both the making of the payment and his receipt of it has to be illegal - so perhaps he has not declared it ....James Fentonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-17909541884204397012011-03-22T19:37:38.802+00:002011-03-22T19:37:38.802+00:00The EP was never intended to be a parliament, rath...The EP was never intended to be a parliament, rather it was intended to act as an emasculated counterweight to the Commission, and latterly to the Council of ministers, working more on the side of the Commission, as a pay off for its new found post-Lisbon pseudo powers. It has always been an irrelevant smokescreen to the the neo-soviet form of government the EU project favours, where electorates are an annoyance and disenfranchisement of voters, to further the social-democrat fascist agenda, is the order of the day. Now when people are waking up to the sham, the Lisbon Treaty, the final nail in the coffin of democratic scrutiny has been driven home behind our backs with the most pusillanimous and feeble arguments of the political elite, that it is not a constitution and therefore we needn't worry our dim little heads over it: Thanks, Gordie; so much for your democratic pretensions!Jon Moorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-28188563192176337772011-03-22T13:13:47.187+00:002011-03-22T13:13:47.187+00:00I agree with Christhai it is not a parliament as w...I agree with Christhai it is not a parliament as we in Britain know it. And some of the things which are voted for by our MEPs (CON/LAB) seem to show that not only do they have no power but no brain cells either - who are these idiots voting in laws like driving 24 hrs a day with headlights on? If you believe in global warming (dreamt up and driven by the EU) then to use so much fuel on something so unnecessary, especially in midsummer that I wonder if they really do have any brain cells between them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-15266179561860975952011-03-22T12:43:54.911+00:002011-03-22T12:43:54.911+00:00Unlike other Parliaments in the Western World, the...Unlike other Parliaments in the Western World, the EU parliament is not in any sense a Parliament other than in name. In the first instance the members are not accountable to their electorate and secondly, the EU organisation calling itself a Parliament cannot introduce legislation, then study, vote, amend vote it acceptable or not. Members exclaim it has not been possible to study bills of instruction handed to them by the unelected Commission. The French and German delegates complain that Bills are voted into law in batches. Amendments to Bills are documented falsely, giving the impression that they were read. It is a savagely corrupt pantomime.christhaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05295016591612384314noreply@blogger.com