The Nazi Roots of the ‘Brussels EU’
What you always wanted to know about the ‘Brussels EU’ – But no one dared to tell you
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February 1, 2012
Ireland begins bitter referendum debate
"Fiscal treaty designed to avoid Irish referendum," headlines the Irish Times. According to Irish law, all new EU treaties must be put to a national plebiscite. However, an anonymous EU official has told the Dublin daily that the fiscal treaty agreed on Monday January 30 "was specifically crafted" to avoid the scenario of the Lisbon treaty referendum of 2009, which was rejected, thus delaying its coming into force. Conceding that the decision to hold a vote could well go to the Irish Supreme Court, the official argued that a referendum has "nothing to do with democracy."
Read article at presseurop.eu
Comment: Previously, in 2009, to obtain a “Yes” vote from the people of Ireland for the ratification of the dictatorial Lisbon Treaty, the “Brussels EU” resorted to unlawful interference, threats and propaganda. This time around, to ensure the passing of the draconian Fiscal Treaty, it will try to take whatever steps are necessary to avoid giving the Irish people a referendum on their economic future. As such, for anyone who was still naively assuming that the “Brussels EU” construct is a democracy, the above report provides positive proof that, in reality, it is already an outright dictatorship.
February 1, 2012
EU fiscal pact tramples on national sovereignty – Klaus
Prague - A EU fiscal union on the continental level absolutely tramples on the sovereignty of the individual countries and recent statements by some German politicians proposing that Greece have a EU protectorate point to this, Czech President Vaclav Klaus told today´s Pravo daily.
Read article at ceskenoviny.cz (Czech Republic)
January 31, 2012
EU summit: UK and Czechs refuse to join fiscal compact
Twenty-five of the EU's 27 member states have agreed to join a fiscal treaty to enforce budget discipline. The Czech Republic and the UK refused to sign up. UK Prime Minister David Cameron said his government would act if the treaty threatened UK interests.
Read article on the BBC News website (UK)
January 31, 2012
MPs urged to back EU referendum ballots
David Cameron will face renewed pressure to hold a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU after polls around the country later this year. Two campaign groups are organising ballots in a string of Parliamentary constituencies. The cross-party People’s Pledge campaign will invite voters to say whether they want an in-or-out referendum on Britain’s EU membership. It will hold a poll in April, 10 in the autumn and 100 next year. In a separate move, the Vote UK Out of EU campaign will hold plebiscites in the constituencies of the Prime Minister at Witney, Oxfordshire, his Liberal Democrat deputy Nick Clegg in Sheffield Hallam and Labour leader Ed Miliband in Doncaster North in June.
Read article in the Daily Express
January 24, 2012
Austerity Treaty: no democracy without referendums
The only way the public is likely to be consulted on the changes to the European Union that are being made in response to the euro crisis, is if citizens force governments to hold referendums. This urgent battle for democracy must be won.
Read article on the Corporate Europe Observatory website
January 23, 2012
What are bankers doing inside EU summits?
Crucial decisions “to save the Euro” and “to save Greece” were made at the Euro Summits in July and October 2011. While the decision making process was taking place, the press reported several informal negotiations between EU leaders and the banks, mostly represented by the Institute of International Finance (IIF). What was exactly the role of this lobby group in the final decisions? And what did it get from the deal?
Read article on the Corporate Europe Observatory website
January 4, 2012
Zagreb launches EU referendum campaign
Croatia officially launched, on 3 January, a campaign ahead of its referendum on EU membership, which is scheduled for 22 January. Croatian EU opposition groups are already criticising the late start of the campaign, arguing that 19 days are not enough to open a fair discussion with citizens to explain the pros and cons of the country becoming the EU's 28th member.
Read article at europolitics.info