The “project for peace” has made union its fundamental objective but stable unions are based on consent rather than deviousness. The EU was designed in a different age for different circumstances. Even then it had major design flaws and it has failed to adapt to meet today’s challenges. It is especially unsuitable for the UK, … More Ever Closer Union
Disinformation (lies and statistics) The main goal is in plain sight and yet it is mendaciously obscured. Voters are confused: what they can plainly see is different from what they are told so they lose confidence in their ability to understand and many would rather leave the decision to better-qualified people, such as the mandarins … More Through the Looking Glass
Key British institutions have evolved to become quite different from those of most of its Continental neighbours making it difficult to fit a common mould. Yanis Varoufakis, recent Finance Minister of Greece, believes his people are persuaded to support the Project by the implicit argument of their rulers that: “If you allow this process of … More The UK is different
The European Court of Justice interprets the law to serve the state; English courts apply the law to serve the litigants. The “acquis communautaire” is fundamental to the European Union. It covers all treaties, EU legislation, international agreements, standards, court verdicts, fundamental rights in treaties such as equality and non-discrimination. It represents EU law. All … More Law
Many people worry that their jobs and incomes are threatened by immigrants from poorer countries and this has increased since the EU expanded into Eastern Europe. The free movement of labour is a sacrosanct component of the Single Market but it is hard to see why EU citizens should be preferred over others with skills … More Immigration
War was its inspiration but the EU has a different focus now. Germany attacked France three times in three generations from 1870, losing 1 – 2; without the EU might Germany have tried to square the series? England and France battled each other repeatedly between the 14th and 19th centuries but never in the last … More Keeping the Peace
Besotted with its virtuous intentions the EU typically fails to monitor and adapt plans to achieve their expected goals. Fisheries is a prime example. The goal of ever closer union has been irrelevant or damaging to what should be higher purposes. Examples of this are the damage done to several economies in the monetary union, … More Good intentions and bad outcomes
On the surface the EU might appear an enlightened project, and it could be. However, the obsession with enforced conformity is not the path to harmony and mutual benefit. The EU is the wrong project to unify and pacify a fractious Europe, it can only succeed through suffocation. What are the aims of the EU? … More Summary and Conclusion
These are the documents cited in the posts: *1 COMPLETING EUROPE’S ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION Report of the Five Presidents (European Commission, June 2015) *2 from COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK On steps towards Completing Economic and Monetary Union (Brussels 31.10.2015) *3 from SN/IA/5944 in … More References
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