The Nazi Roots of the ‘Brussels EU’
What you always wanted to know about the ‘Brussels EU’ – But no one dared to tell you
May 4, 2010
The undemocratic history of the Lisbon Treaty
Amongst the very many reasons to only vote for election candidates who oppose the “Brussels EU”, the undemocratic history of the Lisbon Treaty is one of the most compelling. A clear and unmistakable step towards the implementation of a European-wide dictatorship, the treaty, which became law in December 2009, forms the basis of a future Europe that is fundamentally undemocratic.
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The rejected “European Constitution” renamed
The “Convention on the Future of Europe”, a body chaired by former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, had originally started work on a so-called “European Constitution” in February 2002. The draft text for the Constitution was submitted to an EU summit in June 2003 and agreed in June 2004.
In May 2005, however, the French people voted ‘No’ to the Constitution in a national referendum. The following month, in June 2005, the Dutch people also voted ‘No’. The Constitution was subsequently put “on ice” for a period of “reflection”, and, at least for a short time, it appeared possible that it might not resurface.
In January 2007, Germany, under Angela Merkel, took over the EU Presidency and declared the period of reflection over. A mere two months later, in March, the Berlin Declaration – outlining the intention of all EU member states to agree on a new EU treaty in time for the 2009 Parliamentary elections – was adopted by all EU member states. The text of the new treaty, from then on to be known as the Lisbon Treaty, was subsequently released on 4 June 2007.
To the shock of the French and Dutch, however – and, also, countless millions of democratic people throughout Europe – 96 per cent of its articles turned out to have been copied from the rejected EU Constitution. As shock turned to anger, even Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, the text’s principal draftsman, was eventually forced to admit that differences between the treaty and the constitution “are few and far between and more cosmetic than real".
Denying voters the right to referendums
Despite the overt deception that had taken place, the Lisbon Treaty was signed by leaders of the 27 EU member states in Lisbon, Portugal, on 13 December 2007. The only country that subsequently chose to put the treaty to a democratic public referendum was Ireland; in all of the other 26 member states – including France and the Netherlands, both of which had previously rejected the almost identical “EU Constitution” in public referendums – the treaty was passed by the countries’ national parliaments without any public vote being allowed.
In Portugal, a referendum on the treaty was ruled out after pressure from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Brown and Sarkozy rang José Sócrates, the Portuguese Prime Minister, and insisted that a public vote was not necessary. (Sarkozy himself had denied the French people a referendum on the treaty despite an opinion poll showing that 58 per cent of the country’s voters wanted one).
Forcing the Irish to vote twice
In June 2008, the Irish people went to the polls for their referendum on the treaty and voted a firm ‘No’, thus mirroring the votes of the French and Dutch on the EU Constitution in 2005. In a clear and decisive show of opposition to the “Brussels EU”, the Lisbon Treaty was rejected by 33 out of Ireland’s 43 constituencies. With a voter turnout of over 53%, any true democracy would at this point have listened to the voice of the people and consigned the treaty to the dustbins of history where it belonged.
Instead – and despite polls showing that nearly three-quarters of Irish voters were against holding a second referendum on the treaty – the “Brussels EU” showed its true colours by demanding that Ireland voted again to produce the “right” result. Rather than bowing to the will of the people, as would have happened in any true democracy, European Union leaders responded to the ‘No’ vote by giving Ireland a four-month ultimatum to explain how it could win public support for the treaty. Nicolas Sarkozy, in particular, insisted that: "The Irish will have to vote again".
Subsequently, following political interference from the European Commission; widespread threats and lies to the Irish electorate – including propaganda that a ‘No’ vote would condemn Ireland to economic isolation; corporate interference from the likes of Ryanair (who spent half a million euros campaigning for a ‘Yes’), Intel (who spent several hundred thousand) and the drug company Pfizer (who openly warned of a “flight of capital” from Ireland if it voted ‘No’); and, not least of all, the blatant sweeping away of Ireland’s guidelines on media impartiality (thus ensuring that commercial radio and television stations did not have to give equal airtime to both sides in debates on the treaty) the Irish people voted ‘Yes’ in a revote in October 2009. As a result, the treaty passed into EU law on 1 December, 2009.
Providing for the implementation of a European-wide dictatorship
Intended to legitimize the construct of the “Brussels EU”, the Lisbon Treaty forms the basis of a future Europe that is fundamentally undemocratic. A clear and unmistakable step towards the implementation of a European-wide dictatorship, the treaty provides:
- No separation of constitutional powers – thus eliminating a key element that is essential to any democracy.
- No possibility for the European people to democratically elect their president. Instead, the president is chosen in secret by the European political elite on behalf of corporate interests.
- No possibility for the people to elect the 27-member “European Commission”. Instead, this executive level or cabinet of the European government is “appointed” by the European political elite on behalf of corporate interests.
- No possibility for the people to replace the European Commission – even if they overwhelmingly consider that it has abused and reduced their human rights.
- No possibility for the people to prevent their rights and freedoms from being still further eroded. Designed as “self-amending” legislation, the Lisbon Treaty enables the “Brussels EU” to decide as and when it wants more powers and to take them without having to give the people a referendum.
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For more information on the Lisbon Treaty and other treaties of the ‘Brussels EU’, read Chapter 3 of “The Nazi Roots of the ‘Brussels EU’”.