Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner: Václav Klaus, Cohn-Bendit, Pöttering, Brian Crowley

Excerpts from the meeting between Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic, and members of the Conference of the Presidents of the European Parliament, Friday 5 December 2008, Prague Castle: Daniel Cohn-Bendit MEP: I brought you a flag, which – as we heard – you have everywhere here at the Prague Castle. It is the [...]

Minister Dick Roche: “The People Have Spoken”

You may find of  interest the remarks below of Mr Dick Roche TD  when a backbencher in 2001  and before he was promoted to Minister for Europe, regarding the proposal to re-run the Nice referendum. They provide a piquant contrast to some of his recent statements. The voter turnout in the 2001 Nice referendum was [...]

Lisbon Treaty: “the proposals we dare not present directly”

“Public opinion will be led to adopt, without knowing it, the proposals that we dare not present to them directly … All the earlier proposals will be in the new text, but will be hidden and disguised in some way.” – Former French President V.Giscard D’Estaing, who helped to draw up the EU Constitution which [...]

*HOW THE LISBON TREATY WILL AFFECT… Your Pay, Your Say, Your way of life

HOW THE LISBON TREATY WILL AFFECT… YOUR PAY 1. Lisbon will copperfasten the December 2007 Laval/Vaxholm judgement of the EU Court of Justice, which makes it illegal for Governments or Trade Unions to enforce pay standards higher than the minimum wage for migrant workers. At the same time Lisbon would give the EU full control [...]

*Lisbon Treaty: “there is a cleavage between people and governments”

WHAT TOP EU POLITICIANS SAY ABOUT THE LISBON TREATY/ EU CONSTITUTION (These quotations are in chronological order backwards) “France was just ahead of all the other countries in voting No. It would happen in all Member States if they have a referendum. There is a cleavage between people and governments… A referendum now would bring [...]

Irish Referendum, Lisbon Treaty Quotes

WHAT TOP EU POLITICIANS SAY ABOUT THE LISBON TREATY/ EU CONSTITUTION (These quotations are in chronological order backwards) “France was just ahead of all the other countries in voting No. It would happen in all Member States if they have a referendum. There is a cleavage between people and governments… A referendum now would bring [...]

Lisbon Treaty, Irish Referendum: Short Quotes

“Public opinion will be led to adopt, without knowing it, the proposals that we dare not present to them directly … All the earlier proposals will be in the new text, but will be hidden and disguised in some way.” – Former French President V.Giscard D’Estaing, who helped to draw up the EU Constitution which [...]

[25/09/2005] What leading EU politicians actually say…

BUILDING THE EU SUPERSTATE: WHAT LEADING EU POLITICIANS SAY ABOUT IT (The quotations below are in chronological order backwards) “In the foreseeable future, we will not have a constitution. That’s obvious. I haven’t come across any magic formula that would bring it back to life. Instead of never-ending debates about institutions, let’s work with what [...]

[23/05/2005] German “Eurobully” French voters

GERMAN POLITICIANS SEEK TO “EUROBULLY” FRENCH VOTERS … For your information: _________________________ ” I have always found the word ‘Europe’ on the lips of people who wanted something from others which they dared not demand under their own names.” – German Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck, Gedenken und Erinnerungen,1880 * * * Former German Ambassador to [...]

[11/03/2005] EU Superstate: from the horses’ mouths

Truth from Europhile German and Spanish leaders on the EU Constitution ________________________ German Europe Minister: The EU Constitution is “the birth certificate of the United States of Europe”. Spanish Foreign Minister: “We are witnessing the last remnants of national politics” Hans Martin Bury, the German Minister for Europe, said during a debate in the Bundestag [...]

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