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Britain ’should be able to opt out of EU deals’
Andrew Porter
London Telegraph
Monday, Sept 8, 2008
Britain should be able to have “special status” within the European Union that would allow it to effectively opt out of agreements such as the Lisbon Treaty, the author of the European Union Constitution will say today.
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, the former French President who was the key architect of the constitution, will tell a special conference in London that members states have to accept that not everyone believes European integration should continue. The furore over the Lisbon Treaty – effectively a revived version of the Constitution – has once again led to a debate about how many powers Britain cede to Brussels.
Mr d’Estaing will tell the conference organised by the Daily Telegraph and campaign group Global vision: “Integration is vital for Europe: it is a question of scale that will become vital in the world of tomorrow. The European Union has already come too far with the project of closer integration to stop now.
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“However, we have to accept that not all countries share the same vision, or are comfortable proceeding at the same speed. If countries such as Britain do not want to move to the next stage we should be prepared to agree with them on a special status that would preserve close ties, but avoid them acting as a brake on the progress of others.”
The event, which takes place at the Houses of Parliament, will look at what options Britain and Europe has in the wake of the Lisbon Treaty. The treaty was rejected by Irish voters earlier this year, throwing its ratification process into doubt.
Lord Blackwell, the Chairman of Global Vision, will argue that Britain needs to look again at loosening its ties with the EU.
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September 9th, 2008 at 2:04 am
Britain created it. They NEVER intended to be a part of it.
They make treaties but NEVER follow them. That is their history. That is how they have built and maintained their substantial empire.
September 9th, 2008 at 2:19 am
What empire? [Genuine question.]
September 9th, 2008 at 7:25 am
Also sounds like American history to me. Look at all of the treaties we made with the Native Americans. The Lakota tribe’s been trying to hold the nation accountable and wants to secede, but how much have you heard about it?
http://www.republicoflakotah.com/
September 9th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Where is all of this “British Empire” rubbish coming from? We have only just (2006) paid back the, “good old USA” from the extortionate charges (loan), that was levied after the Second World War.
“Rothschild” funded Hitler!
Coal, which was our only export, was given away by the American/Rothschild plan, reparations all across Europe, ensuring we had nothing, no industry.
We sacrificed our “Empire” to save our country and democracy in Europe and the world.
Since that time:-
Thatcher, destroyed our Unions and caused major rioting in our Cities, sold off our utilities (we now have the highest gas and electric prices in Europe) and gave our industry to Japan and China
George Soros sank the Bank of England,
Tony Blair the poodle of Bush, sent us into an illegal war, we are now £1 Trillion in dept, he also flooded our small country with millions of illegal immigrants
Gordon Brown has sold off our Gold reserves at the lowest price, we are in the middle of a major recession or more likely start of a depression. A more criminal act was signing the Lisbon “Treaty”, when he knew he wouldn’t get the European Constitution accepted, the implications are horrific.
Last but by far from the least, we are now in the middle of the dullest, wettest weather for years, but when there is a break in the clouds all we see are Aeroplanes with Chemtrails quickly filling the gaps.
Our wheat is in the fields rotting; yes we’re having a ball here.
September 9th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
“Where is all of this “British Empire” rubbish coming from?”
There is money to be made in this Conspiracy business from the sales of DVDs and the like. One of Rense.com’s recent regular contributors (who he now seems to have dropped, having realised just how asanine her articles were) was a self-promoting woman who makes a living from selling DVDs to stupid and ignorant Americans that reveal to them the shocking news that Britain has a Commonwealth, and that an accident involving American and British ships in the 18th century was the starting point of (more shock and horror) International Law. Without even an attempt at reasoned argument, this was promoted as proof that Britain was the bogey-man that controlled America and was the source of all its woes. There is still a lot of irrational anti-Britishness in the US that this plays into. In fact, it is a miracle that no one has yet tried to blame us for 9-11.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Excuse me. I am sorry. This is not to be directed at the British people or even much of the government.
The “British Empire” is referring to the “City of London” financial circles. It is NOT referring to the British people.
Britain’s intelligence apparatus has long (before the CIA was even around) been involved in world geopolitics.
These are both massive and extensive subjects. Please to a search for “City of London”, you should be able to find a good amount of information.
The “City of London” is the financial capitol of the world. It is NOT the entire city of “London”. Much like “Wall Street”, it is about a square mile block in the heart of London. It is where all the major banks of the world have their primary headquarters. They do this because the “City of London” literally has their own laws.
In addition. Do some research regarding off-shore British controlled financial centers, such as the Cayman Islands. These off-shore centers again operate with their own set of laws and are the place where most of the world’s unregulated hedge funds operate and originate from.
Also, understand that the “City of London” controlled MI6 has long been involved in the geo-politics of Africa, India, China, Southwest Asia, Indochina, hell, just about every part of the world!
The whole “free trade” thing is a continuation of the concept of “Empire”. Essentially, “Empire” pertains to the concept of going into a country, making treaties and then setting up your factories and corporations in those countries to control their natural resources. You put the native people’s to work pulling resources from their own country to give to the wealthy nations.
This concept is directly opposed to the Merchantilist system of economics. Merchantilism is about developing the resources within a country first and foremost for the benefits of the people of that country by using protectionist policies. The development of infrastructure, technology and education is what drives these economies and of course makes them the most successful in the history of civilization.
Just about every third world country is the result of being at the butt end of the “free” trade system. Where nations like the United States, built their economies with heavy protectionist measures, with a hunger for infrastructure investment and educational development.
Its not the British people. It all started with the British East India Company and their imperial ambitions under Lord Palmerston. The essence of the East India Company still exists today in the form of “free trade”. The wealthy bloodlines still run strong in the City of London and the historical American Tory family blood lines of Wall Street. They keep their money hidden in the unregulated off-shore hedge funds and in the City of London and Wall Street.
Obviously, there are American families like the Rockefeller’s Morgan’s and Herriman’s. But these families are almost an off-shoot of the British family wealth. They want the same thing the British, Dutch, and French Synarchist bankers want; most frankly, control of the world.
But relative to the British families such as the Rothschild’s and the House of Windsor, these other families are very new to the party.
And besides, why to you think “Big Brother” is worse in Britain?
Because that’s where most of the ringleaders are.
For example, MI6 is responsible for spreading the “weapons of mass destruction propaganda”, not the CIA. http://www.globalpolicy.org/se.....holied.htm
Remember W’s famous, “British intelligence has found yellow cake” speech?
And finally the Lisbon Treaty. This is a way of destroying the nation states of Europe. The WHOLE POINT is to destroy the sovereignty of nation states. This way the Fascist world central banking system can overrule all dictum.
POPULATION reduction. Who started it? Robert Malthus. Who follows it? Many European Oligarchs; most notably Prince Phillip.
Here is a very accurate political cartoon. http://www.ajc.com/opinion/con.....heney.html
Also, do some research on the BAE scandal. It was halted because the implications would have been catastrophic for the British Oligarchy and the bogus “War on Terror”.
Its certainly not the British people. In fact, British sheep and American sheep are eerily similar.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
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