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What motivates the leaders of the United Kingdom Independence Party?


Wednesday, April 23, 2003 

Britain's Minister for Europe, Denis Macshane, writing in today's Financial Times Europe should forget the federalist papers says the following:-

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Mr Giscard d'Estaing and his conventioneers need to make sure the best is not the enemy of the good. High hopes of ultra-federalists or fanatical nation-firsters should be parked. The convention should produce a sensible, working plan to allow 25 nations to take as many decisions as possible in common, while maintaining the indissoluble link that binds people to their parliaments and national governments.

If this means compromise and limited approach so be it. Otherwise the convention will be seen as just another longer, more expensive seminar on the future of Europe. It would then be up to the 25 governments to begin anew in the subsequent inter-governmental conference, which could mean a drawn-out negotiation and hasty decisions in the final 24 hours.

This would be a shame. The work of the convention has been of high quality. The contributions are serious and thoughtful. Different proposals deserve examination. The nervous bureaucratic protectionism seen from different national ministries terrified of sharing competences with their colleagues across frontiers needs to be overcome.
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This would be a shame Can you believe such an understatement! It would be a tragedy of monumental proportions.
Sixty more days before the Convention reports and the whole thing then wrapped up in an Intergovernmental Conference and we say goodbye to our Parliamentary Democracy. Read the article by Jens-Peter Bonde Leader of the EDD The Emperor's New Clothes

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If one third of the National Parliaments raise the alarm bell the Commission will be obliged - please take a seat - to read their proposal one more time....
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What is the Leadership of the United Kingdom Independence Party doing about this situation, with 60 days to go to save our democracy?

Utilising every dirty trick they can contrive to get their particular friends into the next European Parliament!

posted by Martin |9:05 AM
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