The EU says it is a firm believer in the benefits of globalisation: “While globalisation brings huge benefits and opportunities, it also means that Europe has to face increased competition in all traded goods and services. “Through globalisation, EU firms receive easier access to new and expanding markets and sources of finance and technology. EU … More Globalisation or Regionalism?
In a fully-fledged, federal union – such as the USA – goods, people, services and money have unrestricted freedom to move where they wish. This has been a prime ambition for the EU and its forerunners from the start, hence the high status of the Four Freedoms. But they are far from complete: goods move … More The Famous Four
A collection of four short, independent pieces on various topics. A European Union was (and is) a good principle, taken up by people with bad ideas, inherited by others with priest-like faith and self-interest. The EU jihadis intend us harm in retaliation for our apostasy. This demonstrates a deep lack of confidence in their project; … More Shorties-11
At their Vienna summit this month EU leaders, as expected, refused to give M. Barnier permission to move on to the crucial issue of trade, but they did agree to discuss it amongst themselves. Chancellor Merkel said enough progress had been made to encourage her to think it will be possible to “take the work … More Vienna Sunshine
A petition presented recently to the UK Parliament asks why we don’t just leave the EU now. Here is the short text; the full text can be found here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/200165?reveal_response=yes To trigger a debate in Parliament the petition needs to gather 100,000 signatures. It can be signed online and has so far (at the time … More Negotiating Petition
A miscellany of topics on EU-UK relationships. The final topic describes how the international road transport convention (TIR) allows consignments to cross a border without checks at the point of entry. “No country will have to pay more” (Theresa May in Florence): this is an important statement. Countries like Poland share many of Britain’s concerns … More Snippets (1)
This post is the fifth and final of our series in which we extract evidence from ten EU documents. This post focuses on the Brexit negotiations and why we believe that while the UK is negotiating the EU is not; it has a different agenda. Overtime Lords was the first in the series, Democracy or … More Negotiations
This post is the fourth from our series in which we extract evidence from ten EU documents. This post focuses on the ways in which the EU covers its true agenda (and ideology) and why we believe that the EU is manipulating fact and opinion and is at risk of being found out. Overtime Lords … More Propaganda, Deceits and Lies
On Wednesday 13 September Jean-Claude Juncker gave his annual state of the union speech to the European Parliament. We offer a critical review of the speech in this post and a linked paper. The English text of the address can be downloaded from here: We have read the speech carefully and find a lot to … More State of the Union 2017
The good things about the Prime Minister’s speech in Florence on Friday are that it appears to have the support of her party and Labour has claimed it was stolen from its own policy. If it results in a mainly unified UK and unlocks the negotiations, leading to a fair outcome at a reasonable price, … More May in Florence (1)
This EU Won't Work 