-Caveat Lector- >>>It occurs to me this was a German initiative (after a fashion) some 60 years ago. Wasn't Britland the holdout back then too? T'AER <<< From http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1302000/1302982.stm }}>Begin Sunday, 29 April, 2001, 10:04 GMT 11:04 UK German proposal for EU government European leaders would serve as second chamber By Rob Broomby in Berlin Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has put forward plans for a radical shake-up of the European Union, including the formation of a European government. His ideas, contained in a draft policy document for the Social Democrat party conference in the autumn, were reported in the German news magazine Der Spiegel and have been confirmed by the SPD. The UK and Germany are divided on EU integration The document signals Chancellor Schroeder's wish to make European policy central to his re-election campaign in 2002. But it is bound to unsettle Eurosceptics outside his own country. The document calls for the European Commission in Brussels to be turned into a new government, while proposing that the Council of Ministers, which pulls together the leaders of the member states, should become a second c hamber similar to Germany's Bundesrat. The European Parliament would gain supervision of the European budget, including massive agricultural spending. Second term In the past, Mr Schroeder has allowed his Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, to appear as a European visionary and face the resulting criticism whilst he stood back, signalling his quiet approval. Now it appears he wants to take the issue centre-stage himself. The draft drawn up by the chancellor and a senior working group still has to go before various party committees before being discussed at the autumn conference. But it is a sign that Mr Schroeder wants to have a clear policy on the development of Europe to take into a second term if he is re-elected. End<{{ T' A<>E<>R Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Integrity has no need of rules. -Albert Camus (1913-1960) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The libertarian therefore considers one of his prime educational tasks is to spread the demystification and desanctification of the State among its hapless subjects. His task is to demonstrate repeatedly and in depth that not only the emperor but even the "democratic" State has no clothes; that all governments subsist by exploitive rule over the public; and that such rule is the reverse of objective necessity. He strives to show that the existence of taxation and the State necessarily sets up a class division between the exploiting rulers and the exploited ruled. He seeks to show that the task of the court intellectuals who have always supported the State has ever been to weave mystification in order to induce the public to accept State rule and that these intellectuals obtain, in return, a share in the power and pelf extracted by the rulers from their deluded subjects. [[For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, Murray N. Rothbard, Fox & Wilkes, 1973, 1978, p. 25]] <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
