Economics is not a science; economists cannot conduct controlled experiments. Yet leaders of the EU/EMU believe that they can predict and control the future, if only the rest of us would stick to their rules. Economically Britain is drifting away from Europe. This is the field where one of the main Brexit battles will be … More Economics
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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