tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83754992011-12-25T13:20:37.411+02:00A perspective on the abolition of the countries of Europe and with it the rights and freedoms of a whole continent of people.Serfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03298915724856708344noreply@blogger.comBlogger13981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375499.post-54560762900074533482007-04-30T11:57:00.000+03:002007-04-30T11:59:39.662+03:00

Sorry to all you EU haters out there, for my leave of absence. Things got a little crazy in my real life, meaning that I haven't had the time or the inclination to blog. I hope to be back soon.

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Don't we just love the Common Agricultural Policy. On its own, its damaging enough, combine it with an incompetent UK government and the results are even worse. It looks likely that the United Kingdom government has been fined as much as £305 million for its failings in implementing the new Single Payment Scheme of the Common Agricultural Policy.We couldn't even distribute cash to farmers, and

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Typical bullying arrogance in this statement by Regional Policy Commissioner Danuta Huebner. The European Union's failure to revive its constitution risks dividing the bloc and undermining the richer old members' willingness to finance development of the poorer newcomers.Translation: Vote for the treaty or we will stop paying you money. She does offer hope however: Unless the EU agrees on a

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The EU wants us all to be poorer, much poorer. So they have come up with a plan to achieve this. Typically they are selling it in a slightly more positive way. German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel told reporters on Tuesday that all 27 EU environment ministers backed in principle a proposed unilateral cut in EU emissions of 20 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels.Interesting that this is being

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Read the whole thing, its worth it. For me the stand out however is this: Which brings us to something that neither side of the debate likes to acknowledge. The bits of the constitution to which people object are, in general, the bits that restate the status quo. Voters are complaining, not about what Brussels proposes to do next, but about what it is doing now.The truth is that a vast number of

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This whole logic is baffling me. The three non-EU members, part of the European Economic Area (EEA), pay annual contributions to the EU in return for access to the bloc's internal market allowing Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to sell their goods and services across the union.The EU is once again asking non members to cough up, so as to be allowed access to new members Bulgaria & Romania. I

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The thing I understand from this story is that EU Red Tape costs us 14% of our wealth. European Union countries on Monday backed moves to slash EU red tape by a quarter from 2012 to boost growth. EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said cutting the cost of red tape would boost the bloc's growth by the equivalent of 3.5 percent over time.This benefit comes from cutting a quarter of all red

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Be afraid, be very afraid. Big Brother has just got a lot bigger. Police in European Union countries will be able to access DNA, fingerprint and car registration databases run by other member states under an agreement reached on Thursday.But those with nothing to hide have nothing to fear right........ Bulls**t. Their good intentions can be assessed by how much further some of them want to go.

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More empty gesture politics that will cost us serfs dearly. A group of parliamentarians in the European Parliament has proposed the acknowledgement of Turkish as an official language of the European Union, saying this would help improve dialogue with Turkish Cypriots.For the sake of making a point, they want to add even more to the cost of Babel. Most of the Turkish Cypriots I have met seem

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Rare good news from the EU More than 1,000 British prison places are likely to be vacated after a deal yesterday obliging European countries to take back criminals to serve their sentences at home.We can finally get rid of other countries scrotes (God knows we have enough of our own). They will of course be free to return the minute their sentences are up, but that is a completely different issue

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They are at it again. The European Commission has warned Switzerland over tax breaks which it offers to companies who have their headquarters there.Being unreconstructed socialists, the Eu believes that all money belongs to the state, and that what is not taken in tax is the generosity of the state. At least thats what I understand from this. It added that Switzerland's refusal to change those

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The above is a philosophy that we can all agree with. Don't we hate it when politicians put party loyalty above principle. The man who said it is to be congratulated. So who was it? Denis MacShane, tireless campaigner for democracy and accountability........ Here campaigning for the EU Constitution Many express the banal view that Europe should simply be a free-trade area when the very birth

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In France. Segolene Royal has launched her manifesto. Highlights include: (pdf) Give priority to business investment by lowering tax where the profit is reinvested and increasing it where it is distributed to shareholders.The Minimum Wage to be increased to €1500 as soon as possible in the newparliamentBank charges will be controlled by the governmentExtend collective bargaining to all levels

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The UK farming lobby, has long had an ambiguous relationship with the EU. Recipients of massive amounts of cash they are at the same time squeezed by quotas and bothered by petty rules. Now they have something else to worry about. The Government was yesterday forced to defend its decision not to ban imports of turkey from Hungary as farmers' leaders demanded an urgent review of the movement of

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Whilst the implications are a little scary, its nice to see the reality of the EU painted so starkly. Le Monde gives prominent coverage to a judgement made yesterday by the Conseil d’Etat – France’s supreme court for administrative justice – which granted European law an effective “constitutional immunity”. This means EU acts transposed in France have legal supremacy, even if they conflict with

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Now this might persuade a lot more male support for the EU. EUROPEAN men are flocking to Bulgaria to buy "breast-boosting beer" after the country's accession to the EU has meant that customs duties on the tipple have been abolished. The millet-based ale called Boza allegedly makes women's breasts bigger, but was previously expensive. So are we looking at the "Harmonisation of Breasts Directive"?

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Franco Frattini has launched his latest attack on the independence of national justice systems. Releasing toxic chemicals, dumping hazardous waste and other serious "green crimes" would be punished by up to 10 years in prison and a €1.5m fine anywhere in Europe.This crosses the boundary, by setting penalties at EU level. But sod sovereignty and all that, the people want it: Franco Frattini,

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I am always curious as to how governments and others choose the recipients of their aid. Take this example of EU aid. The European Union (EU) council of ministers has approved a €980m funding programme to help SA achieve higher economic growth and address its skills shortage.First of all why South Africa? After all it is rich compared to the standards of the continent in which it resides. Why did

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Following a comment left on a previous post, I became aware of New Pro EU blogger, Euroreality. I await his contributions to the debate with interest.

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When businesses indulge in price fixing, Neelie Kroes and her team spring into action. They take legal action to prevent consumers being price gouged, because thats what the EU is for. Its all about protecting consumers from greedy businessmen. But who is to protect consumers from rapacious regulators? After weeks of wrangling, bureaucrats in Brussels will today announce limits on the amount of

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I have always thought of the Dutch as a fine people, able to speak more languages than anyone else, keen to do business all over the world, friends with all, enemies to none. With the exception of them being too tall for comfort and generally having a football team that is too good, I can't see much to criticise them for. El Presidente is not of the same opinion. José Manuel Barroso put the

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So claims the latest EPP newsletter. The EPP is more than ever the driving political force in the European Union (EU). With the recent election of Hans – Gert Poettering as President of the European Parliament, the EPP will lead the three main European institutions in the first half of 2007.Which is all very well if you want a driving force, but most of us Brits would probably prefer a decent set

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MEPs are by my reckoning, generally jumped up little pricks who take themselves too seriously. This story seems to confirm my outrageous prejudice. The European Parliament has with an overwhelming majority voted in favour of a global moratorium on the death penaltyEarth to Euro Parliament, you are not actually in charge of the globe. The fact that the end of the death penalty was a gross

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It seems that all is not as was previously reported, in the case of the Germans telling us what to think. People who question the official history of recent conflicts in Africa and the Balkans could be jailed for up to three years for "genocide denial", under proposed EU legislation.The legislation would bring in an "official history" for a whole range of conflicts, that would be beyond

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I can't be bothered to post today, so I am outsourcing your daily blast of Euroscepticism. West Brom Blog highlights an EU land grab, in the area of education Conservative Party Reptile suggests a civil disobedience approach to the EU England Expects, takes a look at the new jobs for Conservative MEPs, here & hereEU Referendum has comment on CFP, and Cameron's approach to it. He is not impressed

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Whatever one thinks of immigration, you cannot deny that the flow into the UK over the last few years has been unprecedented. Now it seems that local as well as national public services are straining at the seams. Many local councils are struggling to cope with the flood of workers from EU accession states such as Poland and Lithuania.Another example of Tony Blair's joined up government no doubt.

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I could make posts like this every day. Some people think smoking should be restricted, others don't, but that is irrelevant here. Is Smoking an EU issue? Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said he wanted to turn the entire EU into a smoke-free zone by 2009.How is this issue even remotely an EU competency. It is something that can easily be argued over at local level, and has no place being

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Democracy is a wonderful thing. Governments are chosen by us, and then do their own thing for a few years until we chose them again or throw them out. The public is denied their wishes in areas like capital punishment, that the elite don't like, yet are used as an excuse to bring in bad legislation, with the simple phrase, its the will of the people. Nowhere is this two faced behaviour more

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The news that Germany was trying to force its lack of free speech over Holocaust denial, was apparently in the context of an EU-wide anti-racism law. Whilst they have given up on the idea of an EU wide Swastika ban, the rest of it goes on. Germany's new draft suggests that incitement to racism and xenophobia would be punishable by at least one to three years of jail in all 27 EU states, while

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So we have another glorification of serfdom law: A Bill To make provision for information to be made available in various public places relating to the activities and organisation of the European Union; to make provision for the flying of the flag of the European Union on various public buildings; to provide information to further the establishment of twinning arrangements between towns in

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Milibland has found a new way to try and sell the EU. David Miliband, the environment secretary, begins the eco-charm offensive at a Brussels renewable energy conference today as the European Union gears up for a climate change summit in March. "The European Union must become the Environmental Union," he writes in the February edition of the EU's E!Sharp magazine.He is trying to use the latest

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He doesn't say that but thats the underlying message. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, foreign minister of Germany, which holds the rotating EU presidency, said senior French politicians should remain "flexible" on the constitution ahead of April's presidential elections.Herr Steinmeier, doesn't seem to understand the way elections and democracy works. The French will expect to hear from the candidates

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We often hear from Europhiles, that the EU is not some massive bureaucracy, if fact it has less staff than Birmingham City Council (Though the question of whether the good people of Birmingham are getting a good deal is never raised). Things are not completely as they seem however, because not everyone agrees on the numbers.EU Official Figures: 25,000British Government

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Why split the home office? Could it be that its the European thing to do?

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Mozambique is not the only poor country to gain from the changes to the EU sugar market (I didn't point out in the last post that the changes were forced by the WTO) The government is mulling a biotech-based plan for breaking into the 4 million-tonne market for sugar that is getting vacated in the EU following withdrawal of subsidies to this segment.Everyone gears up when new opportunities come

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Recent limited reforms to the EU's complicated sugar market, will make it easier for poor country producers to sell us sugar. Here is one example. Tongaat-Hulett group to expand sugar production in Mozambique for the EU market.Mozambique is a country of 20 million people, and a GDP per head of $1.500. It is one of Africa's relative success stories, with a rapidly growing economy. Investments like

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Not my opinion, but that of a respected journal, Euromoney. In an article in the January edition, entitled Europe: Will Europe burst asunder?, they analyse the forces pulling Europe's economies apart. Important points include Dividing the countries by current account surplus or deficits produces roughly equal size “half-Europe” economies in which the surplus countries’ current accounts are

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Sorry, I couldn't resist that. The Bavarian CSU is in for a leadership contest. Edmund Stoiber, premier of Bavaria since 1993 and CSU party chairman since 1999, announced last week he would step down from his positions at the end of September.Those with an interest in such things will remember that he failed to beat the cardboard cutout Schroeder in a previous election. But as the party has tried

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In a move designed to pre-empt any legislation, UK Daily Pundit has launched a petition. We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ensure that bloggers remain free to comment on government policy, ministerial decisions, political correctness, Islamic extremists, the weather and anything else that takes our fancy, without fear of censorship. Go along and sign it.

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Somalia is one of the poorest most destitute countries on earth. The recent Ethiopian backed action, finally restored the internationally recognised government, and they are in need of cash. Perhaps they could get help from the EU? Perhaps not. The Somali government has declared on Tuesday that it could not accept conditions that the European Union said it would help finance the Somali

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Small companies that sell online, are in for a shock. New legislation is to make their lives a whole lot more difficult. Under the proposals a UK firm selling its goods and services to consumers across the EU would no longer be secure in the knowledge that it is broadly governed by English law. Instead it would have to navigate a minefield of up to 27 different, often conflicting legal regimes -

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Now I am not the kind of person to warm to The Serbian Radical Party, but I do find the slant of the reporting a little strange. On TV, they kept being referred to as Eurosceptic, which they no doubt are, but thats a little like using the term for the BNP. This man is the party's leader and he is on trial for war crimes. EU reaction was unsurprising. "The majority voted for forces that are

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This gets worse and worse. The Government has admitted signing up to new EU laws even though they may be illegal under European treatiesRead that again. New EU laws, are illegal under existing European treaties, and yet our representatives don't care. A leaked letter from Geoff Hoon, the Europe Minister, shows that the Government turns a blind eye in Brussels to possible illegality because it can

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Blogger won't let me post images????? so I'll just link to this. What Gordon Learned from Gandhi

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More great news in the war on terror. The EU's second-highest court has ruled that the brother of Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader, has the right to fight the group's position on the EU's terrorist list.No doubt he will not have to pay the costs of the legal action either. We can have him wasting good weapons money on legal fees can we. If the European Union

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I was sent an article from Legal Week, by a reader. As I do not seem to have access to the original, and I hesitate to reproduce the whole thing for copyright reasons, I will just give you this little tit bit. If conflicts of this nature were to arise (between national & EU law) , we have no clear rules for their resolution. On one view, the issue of Kompetenz-Kompetenz (the competence to decide

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So says Angela. Well I hope she is right, because we are still due a referendum, which by this logic, could screw the whole thing up.

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Its not just me that is complaining about German attacks on free speech. Hindus in Europe have joined forces against a German proposal to ban the display of the swastika across the European Union, a Hindu leader said.The swastika is of course originally a Hindu symbol. Another example of why freedom is better than statism. A ban directed toward one group, inevitably harms someone else.

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If you are a reader of the Guardian, following a link from this article, then it is only fair of me to offer a warning. Reading this blog may be bad for your blood pressure.

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In order to pave the way for economic surrender, Gordon Brown has been a big supporter of fixed rate mortgages. From a House of Commons debate, Monday, 9 June 2003. Because Britain has had a different system of housing finance—just 7 per cent. of mortgages in the UK are at long-term fixed rates—we are learning the lessons from other countries where, for example in America, they securitise

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No I don't, its what the German justice minister believes. Yesterday, at a meeting in Dresden, Brigitte Zypries, the German justice minister, demanded that Holocaust denial and the sporting of Nazi symbols be criminalised across the EU.There are two separate arguments I have with this. The time when the German Ban on Nazi Symbols and Holocaust Denial had a practical use is long gone.Why does

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Well some of it is anyway. After the most recent examination of accounts, the auditors have concluded that administration, which accounts for only seven per cent of the overall budget, was the sole area of spending for which good "supervisory and control systems" were in place, with few errors found.So the the only part of the budget that is spent according to procedure, is the administration.

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Ok so ignore me when I make statements like that, I am not important anyway. I mean, if it were true, wouldn't there be more important people making such comments? Ever heard of Roman Herzog? Democracy is in danger because of the direction in which the European Union is developing, a former German president, Roman Herzog, said yesterday.He co authored a report with Lueder Gerken, director of the

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I came across this press release, which explains brilliantly why the State gets ever bigger. The European Chemical Industry Council, Cefic, welcomes important proposals of the European Commission energy package published with the aim of creating a more coherent energy policy for the 27 Member States. Cefic calls on the European Union to seize this opportunity to pursue a much better globally

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In preparation for the upcoming Conservative MEP selection process, whenever that will be, there is a new site to help voters make their decisions. Welcome to our newly launched campaign site. MEP WATCH is a party political campaign aimed at bringing further accountability and higher levels of democratic practice to the Conservative party’s European Parliamentary candidate selection process.Its a

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One of the things that worries me about the EU, is that even a hardened Sceptic such as myself, is always learning of EU incursions into our lives, often things that are very old news indeed. Today I read This post on the "Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices". The failure of people to grasp that the Consumer Price Index isn't just some nasty thing dreamed up by Gordon Brown, but is the

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The story of the EU is a constant repetition of the same themes. Today's news is no different. Germany and France have dug in against plans to dismantle continental Europe's massive energy monopolies after the launch of controversial measures to shake-up gas and oil supplies and curb global warming.Those in Britain who support the existence of the EU, especially those who are Conservatives, argue

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Just to make sure that awful Hans-Gert Poettering will actually be missed, the EPP has gone a step further and elected Joseph Daul as Chairman. Daul is a French Farmer and comes with all the baggage that it entails. He entered politics through Farmers Union activities. He is also, the Chairman of the European Parliament's agriculture committee, something which poses no conflicts of interest, I

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Its not just us difficult Brits that worry about EU overreach. Asked about Czech President Vaclav Klaus´s sceptical position on the adoption of the euro and the European constitution Schwarzenberg (candidate for Czech foreign minister) admitted that the EU suffers from a large extent of regulation and bureaucracy.What do we need instead? There should be a clear definition of what should be

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Another alternative Slogo, for the 50th Anniversary celebrations. Slogo by Anoneumouse

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I guess this gives the BNP something to aim for: Far-right members of the European Parliament are preparing to join forces and form their own political group.Until the first of January, this wasn't possible, but now.... They had lacked the necessary 19 MEPs from five countries - but that changed when Bulgaria and Romania joined. Romania has five far-right MEPs and Bulgaria has one.Look for a

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In Germany, the Euro become known as the Teuro, (which apparently means expensive), when the country gave up its mark. Slovenia is now learning that this is a universal problem. "We've had a lot more complaints since 1 January," said Breda Kutin, head of the Slovenian Consumers' Association.As elsewhere, there has been lots of rounding up. Most complaints concerned prices in the service sector,

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Well its not right now, but that's what some of our representatives would like. Two powerful members of the EU Parliament are working to change EU copyright laws in such a way that practically any infringement of a copyright, no matter how small, could be punishable by exceedingly steep fines.Currently only commercial copyright infringement is punishable by criminal law, personal copyright

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Whilst I obviously disagree with the whole idea of the EU, I do understand the arguments for some things to be handled at a multinational level. The weird thing about the EU however, is this argument is used regularly, and yet when it comes to policies, they nearly all concern things that are very obviously not in this category. Take this for example EU countries might in the future adopted a

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I know that the people of Bulgaria and Romania have been waiting for this, so for their sake, welcome to the club. I am sure that the contributions of the German, Dutch and UK taxpayers will be gratefully received, especially by the corrupt elites. I know that the economies of both countries are doing well, property extremely well, due to the accession. I am sure that many of you will be already

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Recently I have read articles by Conservative bloggers in favour of reform of the EU. (One good Example) In as much as there is any kind of official Conservative view on Europe, it is that we should try to reform it into something much more to our liking. Many others share a similar view, Open Europe, for example is a think tank devoted to this idea. The argument generally goes something like

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I have a post on Rightlinks explaining Tony Blair's Donation

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That man from Croydon has spotted a French poll on the Euro. 52% consider the Euro to be a bad thing. 53% think it has been bad for employment. 57% think it has been bad for them personally.So an unmitigated success then.

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Bulgaria has a nuclear power station that the EU is forcing them to close. As Bulgaria prepares to join the European Union on Jan. 1, it is being forced to deliver on one last promise: to shut down two aging reactors at its only nuclear plant. The EU says the units must be closed because they don't meet safety standards, but Bulgarians fear the closure will lead to price hikes.Now nuclear power

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With achievements like this, who can argue against the beneficence of the EU . It took steps to ban misleading claims on food packaging, helping consumers choose healthy foods and avoid obesity. Another of the EU's targets has been roaming charges on mobile phone use within the EU. Extortionate prices – averaging four times the price of a domestic call – are now being curbed. A new law

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I blogged about this before, and now the short list is up Telephone 0901 5221004 to repeal the European Communities Act, or vote online. Go on, you know you want to.

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Welcome to those arriving here from a cellar under the houses of parliament. If you are looking for Lembit, the original is here.

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Nigel Farage has been in Romania, to get to see the country prior to its joining the EU in 10 days time. In reply to his Euroscepticism, we get the following argument from a Romanian Civil Servant. "If my children will be able to drink healthy water just because of what you call stupid European regulations it's already worth joining the EU."We have to fight these ignorant arguments. There may

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Its not exactly what is written in the headlines. EU nations settle on new catch cuts for key species, seeking to assure their survivalBut quotas are relevant for fish landed not caught. So tighter quotas just mean that more unwanted fish get throw overboard if they are caught. Which if they are already dead is hardly a conservation measure.

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Why is it that Scottish & Welsh nationalists are Pro EU. How can it be better to be ruled from Brussels than from Westminster. If the Welsh and Scots feel that their voice is not heard in the UK how can it be heard in the EU with 7-8 times the population? The reason for the question is the following statement by Lord Elis-Thomas. Despite being a member of Plaid Cymru - which advocates the

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Well thats not the way they see it, but that will be the end result of what they are trying to do. MEPs are calling on the European Commission to push EU businesses to take the economic, social and environmental impacts of their activities more into consideration wherever they operate in the world.What they are aiming for is to create legislation that controls the way that European Multinationals

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Wonko, has had a disagreement with Philip Bushill-Matthews MEP (Conservative) over the reasons for hospital closures. Wonko claims that it is due to our opt out from the Working Time Directive, and Mr Bushill Matthews disagrees. Now I think that Wonko has made a technical error, and that Mr Bushill Matthews despite knowing what it was that Wonko was trying to say, has pedantically answered back

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One of the reasons that the EU is apparently superior to individual nations, is its ability to use its size to facilitate change around the world. The reality is that it frequently goes for lowest common denominator politics, an undermines any worthwhile efforts. So it is no surprise that the ban on Comrade Bob is coming under pressure. Portugal said that it wants to invite all African leaders -

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I have move the blog to Beta and updated my links. If you think you are missing and should be added to the links send me a mail. If you are part of the Eurosceptic Bloggers Group, I am preparing a blogroll which will include your blog.

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For those Michael Moore loving, GW hating lefties that have stumbled across this by accident, NO, its not the USA. The rest of you knew that I was going to say the EU anyway didn't you. Eneko Landaburu, general director of the EU external relations commission, announced he was preparing a dossier denouncing the Swiss cantonal tax regime. Just to reiterate. Switzerland is not a member of the EU,

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Interesting analysis of MEP's profiles by Open Europe blog We wanted to know which MEPs were most effective in gaining publicity. So we've done a quick back-of-the-envelope ranking based on how many times they have appeared in the press over the last 6 months (as measured by the Lexis Nexis database) and how many hits they turn up on Google.Obviously we expect more from our Politicians than being

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No its not fuel being offered by Hugo Chavez to Ken Livingstone, its actually normal diesel fuel with a red dye added, and sold with a discount on normal fuel excise duty. So why should we Serfs be the least bit interested? Because the following is a little example of how the EU controls everything. From Hansard: Mr. Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) (LD): What recent progress has been

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Many of us have never had the chance to show our democratic disapproval of membership of the EU (or its previous guises). Now perhaps, the BBC is offering us a chance. We want you to suggest a law which you think should be scrapped. Which is Britain's least useful or most damaging law? If possible, be specific. Our panel of politicians (across the spectrum) and legislation experts will sift your

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We are not keen on enlargement! Taken from FT (Thanks Steve)

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Many people say that the 3 major parties are equally bad on the subject of the EU. Whilst I accept that they are all bad, they are not all equally bad, as this demonstrates. The EU should have a much more central role in foreign and security policy, the Liberal Democrats say.The reason is because idiots like Ming, cannot understand the difference between free will and being forced. "Britain

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Ever since the launch of the Euro, many have predicted that it would all end in tears. This story seems to support that thesis. France is in pain. The monthly trade deficit ballooned to $2.7bn, following two months of sliding industrial orders and a shock halt to economic growth in the third quarter. Car output is down 14pc so far this year.This is a country that not so long ago, had a trade

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Forget for a moment if you will, what you think of Turkey's EU membership bid. Ignore your concerns about clash of cultures, human rights or economic burdens. If you are in favour, forget that also. Just focus on this. Only 26 percent of the European public support Turkey’s EU membership.Now take this into consideration. EU foreign ministers agreed to freeze eight of 35 "chapters" in entry

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When politicians cannot defend something on the grounds of logic, they have a key word that they use instead. It is the favourite word of our Dear Leader and is common parlance in the corridors of power in Brussels. That word is Modern. When you hear a politician use it, beware, they are up to no good. If the policy they are espousing were any good, they would explain why, not call it modern.

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It doesn't mean they are not after us. The EU commission decides that a British food company has breached regulations, and bans their products for export. Britain's Food Standards Agency, checks out the company and gives it a clean bill of health.The company takes the commission to the Court of First Instance and winsThe Commission fails to accept their mistakeThe commission decides to fine the

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It might make great song lyrics, but its not good trade policy. Sugar fell for a second day in London after the European Union, world's second-biggest sugar exporter, said it would export some of its excess stock and funds began selling in both London and New York.The price goes down and farmers in poor countries suffer as a result. But that's the market right? Wrong. Each year, EU consumers and

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I came across this animation, by Europhile group The European Movement. Needless to say I wasn't convinced by there list of things that the EU has apparently done.

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Those of us who are keen to see more transparency in the EU should be happy with this story. It seems that some Commissioners don't want to keep anything from us.

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Devils Kitchen, the polite and well spoken blogger, has started a new blog. Called "The EU-nihilist" it promises to bring us the stories that the MSM can't be bothered with. Serf wishes him luck.

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Forbes has the following report: The European Commission would like to see the establishment of a single licensing regime for telecom content among the EU's member countriesThe European Commission would like to see the establishment of a single licensing regime for every single sector it can think of. Thats what it is there for.

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I used to refer to the Constitution as Lazarus, the man brought back from the dead. But I have changed my mind, Rasputin is more suitable. It is a representative of the orthodox religion, it has a massive appetite, it aims to pervert the existing levers of power and is the subject of much controversy. Most of all however, the bastard just won't die. Germany and Portugal, which hold the European

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I don't know what to think about this story, but why is it being dismissed as nothing more than a conspiracy. The idea that Prodi worked for the KGB is being discussed on Right Links. The story is based on this statement from UKIP. "Mr President, I should like to pay tribute to my constituent, Mr Alexander Litvinenko. Alexander was fearless in exposing the political gangsters that now run Russia

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What can he mean I hear you ask, is it going to disappear? Not quite, but it seems that the newer members are still well beyond the dead hand of the single currency. None of the EU member states working towards euro entry meet all of the criteria to join the single currency yet, the European Commission said in a report.Technically they are all obliged to join when they meet the criteria, though

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I am completely bored with the EU today, so I will recommend you read David Webster's Blog, as he is currently getting to know the power base of the evil empire.

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The Eu may be in the process of telling Turkey where to go, but it doesn't stop them wanting to spread their propaganda: Lokum (A new book) is expected to be a useful tool in helping Turkish kids learn about and understand the European Union. Wow lucky kids..... The book is meant to convey to children an impression of cultural variety within the EU member countries. Does it perchance convey the

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Its a big surprise, but the shy and retiring head of the UMP wishes to make a bid for the French Presidency. "I feel I have the strength, the energy and the desire to propose a different view of France," Mr Sarkozy said.Unfortunately, he has the same old view of the EU.

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