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EU: A suprastate? By Boba Borojevic - One of the most outspoken critics of the new Government of Europe and its “Euro-nationalism” Nigel Farage, UKIP MEP and President of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group in the European Parliament opposes “bureaucratisation of Europe” and the creation of a single centralised European super-state. His objections stem from democratic concerns. The EU is run by appointed and not elected people who cannot be removed and therefore do not have to listen to the public while ignoring the policy of individual EU nations. On EU Government In a written response to Ottawa’s CKCU “Monday’s Encounter” on Wednesday, Farage points out that the challenges of today’s EU have not changed for 60 years. They have merely become more obvious and more threatening. “Essentially, the danger of the EU stems from the supercession of sovereignty from electorates, by an autocratic élite of media-supported, pro-EU party-leaders and a central bureaucracy.” Farage explains that, “the EU’s entire claim to democratic legitimacy rests upon the potential of electorates to appoint anti-EU national governments; but, to achieve this, pro-EU establishments, fat with EU-money, have to be removed in their entirety. “Even the EU’s own apologists will not ultimately pretend that the EU-Commission’s consultation of stakeholders, or the EU-assembly’s slanted representation and limited role are actually any substitute for the mandate, such as it is, of national electorates. Meanwhile, the EU’s dictatorial structure is acquiring frightening powers over all the matters, which should be decided directly by the representatives of sovereign electorates, but over which those representatives are constantly, and unconstutionally, allowing the EU, to take control.” “The “drawback” of this is that the formerly democratic nations of the EU are becoming part of an aggressive, abitious, totalitarian state. There are no advantages accruing to the peoples of the EU’s captive nations as a result”, Farage has noted. The EU authoritarian dictatorship ruled by unelected bureaucrats isn’t Farage’s sole objection to the power grab being undertaken by the EU via the Lisbon Treaty. According to him the EU’s single currency – euro – undermines national independence and is to be viewed as a “political” rather than the “economic” project. On euro The 1992 Maastricht Treaty obliges most EU member states to adopt the euro upon meeting certain monetary and budgetary requirements. Not all states have done so. The UK, Denmark and Sweden have explicitly refused to accept the EU-currency. Midst the Greece’s bailout crisis, however, last week, the European Commission included a seventieth nation, Estonia, to the euro zone by declaring that Estonia had met the necessary financial conditions. That move has confused some observers who believe that the 11-year old common currency is a major cause of imbalances between European nations. Farage explains that the vulnerable leaders of little Estonia have been prompted to accept euro, now, in an attempt to shore up its currently crumbling credibility. “The economically inappropriate character of a pan-EU currency is becoming apparent to all. It is widely admitted, now, that the “euro” is a political project, requiring great sacrifices, rather than the economic project, providing benefits, which EU-propaganda has been proclaiming since the early ‘nineties. The beneficiaries of this political project are, of course, the élites, to which I referred earlier,” says Farage and adds that the solution, “is to scrap the “euro”, and the EU, and form a flexible association of democratic, sovereign states”. On EU enlargement Although the costs of EU enlargement with the economically and socio-culturally differently developed, former communist countries from the eastern parts of Europe poses a serious burden to economic and social well-being of the rest of the EU member states, the EU’s enlargement waiting room has become crowded with Western Balkan countries eagerly awaiting the day when they’ll be invited to join. In the meantime Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania are encouraged by the EU bureaucrats to undertake major and painful reforms at home, which are, as in Serbia’s case, detrimental to its sovereignty and territorial integrity. The post World War II European peace project of economic community has grown from initial six members in 1956 to a supranational, political Union of 27 in 2009. Will the EU expansion continue and will Serbia – as its president Boris Tadic insists, become a member of the EU anytime soon remains to be seen. Farage predicts that the EU would like to expand until it becomes the government of the world, adding that it has made more progress in that direction than its control of a mere 27 states would suggest. “The answer to these questions lies in two others: is the current crisis an artefact – a beneficial crisis – engineered by the EU, in order to consolidate and extend its power, or is it really tottering on the brink of collapse? If the former, then we may expect rapid eastward expansion and the absorption of a compliant Serbia. If the latter, then the EU’s bid for global leadership will be at least slowed, and further accessions postponed,” concluded Farage. *** Nigel Farage became a founding member of United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) in 1993. He was elected to the European Parliament in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 and 2009. Farage is currently leader of the thirteen-member UKIP contingent in the European Parliament, and co-leader of the multinational eurosceptic group, Europe of Freedom and Democracy. He took part in the 2010 UK general election in an effort to become the elected Member of Parliament for Buckingham at Westminster. Farage came third, but the UKIP did better than in any previous general election, receiving 918.000 votes – and thus obtained almost a tenth of the number of votes received by the most-voted-for party. <http://www.ukip.org/> www.ukip.org , <http://www.ukipmeps.org/> www.ukipmeps.org , Who are you Mr President ? Nigel Farage asks Van Rompuy <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFRFA4wlVj8> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFRFA4wlVj8 Who is who in the EU commission <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWSYMpuCFaQ&feature=related> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWSYMpuCFaQ&feature=related Nigel Farage criticising new EU president & foreign minister <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vBqyG6qYXE&feature=related> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vBqyG6qYXE&feature=related
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