The EU was established as a result of the preparatory work of statesmen such as Jean Monnet, Konrad Adenauer etc. who believed that one day there would be a politically united Europe. The original name that Jean Monnet used for this politically united Europe was "The United States of Europe".
David Cameron returned from Brussels waving a slip of paper and declaring that the UK was exempt from "ever closer union". He is simply lying. Firstly the Eurozone will soon enter political union and secondly the Treaties are about nothing but closer union.
The Eurozone is fully on course to complete Stage 1 of EMU union by 2017. Stage 1 means that the Council of the Eurogroup approves draft Budgets from the member states, that the banks in the Eurozone are part of a banking union and a host of other financial union measures. The Eurogroup meet before EU Council meetings dealing with finance to decide common policy. Stage 2 of Eurogroup unification - political union - starts in 2017. See EU Commission document: On steps towards Completing Economic and Monetary Union.
This will turn the Eurozone into what is effectively a single country by 2025. This will mean that EU Council meetings will consist of 3 parties, the UK, Denmark and the Eurogroup. The Eurogroup, according to the current EU rules, will be able to dictate nearly all EU policy, most vetoes having been removed in 2014. The UK will then have to choose bewteen joining the Eurogroup in full political union of leaving.
The Treaties that created the EU have been a process of ever closer union. It states this clearly in the preamble to the Treaty on European Union where it says that the EU is "RESOLVED to continue the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe..." and the first Article in the Treaty says "This Treaty marks a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe,..."
The very first line of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union says that the signatories are "DETERMINED to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe, "
These statements concerning "ever closer union" describe the intention of the Treaties. These Treaties intend to create an ever closer union. The intention is described on the wrapper and the entire Treaty text within is about the process by which the EU achieves ever closer union.
The EU will achieve nearly complete political union by removing the veto from member states and by activating the "shared competences" that have already been agreed in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
The veto was finally removed in November 2014, this means that EU decisions cannot be blocked by member states acting on their own. The "shared competences" are areas of government that, according to the Treaties, the EU is currently delegating to member states (See note 1). Here is a list of these areas of government:
(a) internal market;
(b) social policy, for the aspects defined in this Treaty;
(c) economic, social and territorial cohesion;
(d) agriculture and fisheries, excluding the conservation of marine biological
resources;
(e) environment;
(f) consumer protection;
(g) transport;
(h) trans-European networks;
(i) energy;
(j) area of freedom, security and justice;
(k) common safety concerns in public health matters, for the aspects defined in this Treaty.
They cover much of government and over the next few years the EU will begin to govern in most of these areas. This is all described in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Art 4.
The EU already has exclusive competence over these other areas of government:
Customs union, the establishing of the competition rules necessary for the functioning of the internal market, monetary policy for the Member States whose currency is the euro, the conservation of marine biological resources under the common fisheries policy, common commercial policy, external borders.
And it has competence to carry out actions to support, coordinate or
supplement the actions of the Member States. The areas of such action shall, at
European level, be:
(a) protection and improvement of human health;
(b) industry;
(c) culture;
(d) tourism;
(e) education, vocational training, youth and sport;
(f) civil protection;
(g) administrative cooperation
The EU has also already taken competence over foreign affairs and security (See Note 2).
David Cameron managed to obtain the following declaration in his recent negotiations with the EU:
“It is recognised that the United Kingdom ... is not committed to further political integration in the European Union .... References to ever-closer union do not apply to the United Kingdom.”Guardian article.
The references to ever closer union are on the wrapper of the Treaties, the content, which imposes political union, is unchanged. David Cameron is an ex-public relations man, what he is doing is "re-branding" UK membership. He planned this rebranding, perhaps a year ago. His objective is to treat the British People as if they are sheep. Wilson had a "special deal" before the EEC referendum and Cameron had a "special deal" before the Scots referendum, this is Cameron's "special deal" for the EU Referendum. Cameron is hoping that UK journalists will not expose this scam and will conspire to keep the people of the UK in the dark.
Cameron's deal will need to be ratified by the EU Parliament and this vote will not occur until after the referendum so we could have the spectacle of "Remain" voters supporting a deal that will not even happen! (See Note 3).
(The Final Deal does not change what is written here).
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Note 1:
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
"TITLE 1 Categories and Areas of Union Competence. Article 1, paragraph 2 ":
"2. When the Treaties confer on the Union a competence shared with the Member States in a specific area, the Union and the Member States may legislate and adopt legally binding acts in that area. The Member States shall exercise their competence to the extent that the Union has not exercised its competence. The Member States shall exercise their competence again to the extent that the Union has decided to cease exercising its competence."
In other words, the European Union is sovereign in areas of "shared competence" and delegates power to the States. In Euro-speak "Shared competence" means "delegated power".
Note 2:
According to Article 24 of the Treaty on European Union the Union’s competence in matters of common foreign and security policy shall cover all areas of foreign policy and all questions relating to the Union’s security, including the progressive framing of a common defence policy that might lead to a common defence.
According to Article 34 the UK will no longer be an independent member of the UN Security Council but will be a representative of the EU on the Security Council.
In Article 42 it states "Member States shall make civilian and military capabilities available to the Union for the implementation of the common security and defence policy, to contribute to the objectives defined by the Council."
If a Member State is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other Member States shall have towards it an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power, in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor said:
"we need a political union first and foremost" (BBC News).
Francois Hollande, the French president said:
"Political union is the step that follows fiscal union, banking union, and social union. It will provide a democratic framework for successful integration." (Le Monde)
President Sergio Mattarella of Italy's inaugural speech Feb 2015:
"The EU is now once again a perspective of hope and true political union to be relaunched without delay."
Mariano Rajoy Brey, Spanish prime minister:
"We need to fix these objectives - fiscal union, banking union, political union...And we must set a time scale. We are giving a message that we really want greater European integration. We can't say something is this first, then something else, without saying where we're going," Rajoy said at a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti. (Reuters report).
What the European Commission says:
José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission said:
"This is why the Economic and Monetary Union raises the question of a political union and the European democracy that must underpin it."...
.."A deep and genuine economic and monetary union, a political union, with a coherent foreign and defence policy, means ultimately that the present European Union must evolve." (State of the Union 2012 Address to the European Parliament on 12 September 2012).
The EU's Blueprint for a deep and genuine economic and monetary union (and political union) states that:
"This Blueprint for a Deep and Genuine EMU describes the necessary
elements and the steps towards a full banking, economic, fiscal and political union."
What the European Central Bank says:
1999 paper by the European Central Bank: Europe: Common Money - Political Union? In this paper it says that:
"The monetary order established by the Maastricht Treaty with the detailed statute of the European System of Central Banks by itself represents an important building block for the development of a European statehood."
The importance of the connection between monetary union and the establishment of a single state was well understood at the new European Central Bank in 1999:
"So what does the future hold? Anyone who believes in the role of a single currency as a pace-setter in achieving political unity (Europe will be created by means of a single currency or not at all (Jacques Rueff 1950)) will regard the decisive step as has having already been taken. This does not provide an answer as to how the "rest" of the journey should be approached. "
How does the European Central Bank see the current Euro crisis evolving? Here is an extract from an ECB approved presentation on the subject, Short Term Crisis Management and Long Term Vision, describing the 4 steps to a solution:
Note 3:
President Schulz of the EU Parliament said:
‘I can give you a guarantee that the European Parliament will deal immediately after the referendum to stay in to legislate on the proposal of the Commission.
‘But to be quite clear, no government can go to the Parliament and say: this is our proposal, can you give a guarantee about the result. This is not possible in a democracy.’
EU procedures mean that the EU Parliament is required to approve the changes (See Legal opinion). The deal is being presented to EU Parliament this week.
20/2/16
David Cameron returned from Brussels waving a slip of paper and declaring that the UK was exempt from "ever closer union". He is simply lying. Firstly the Eurozone will soon enter political union and secondly the Treaties are about nothing but closer union.
The Eurozone is fully on course to complete Stage 1 of EMU union by 2017. Stage 1 means that the Council of the Eurogroup approves draft Budgets from the member states, that the banks in the Eurozone are part of a banking union and a host of other financial union measures. The Eurogroup meet before EU Council meetings dealing with finance to decide common policy. Stage 2 of Eurogroup unification - political union - starts in 2017. See EU Commission document: On steps towards Completing Economic and Monetary Union.
This will turn the Eurozone into what is effectively a single country by 2025. This will mean that EU Council meetings will consist of 3 parties, the UK, Denmark and the Eurogroup. The Eurogroup, according to the current EU rules, will be able to dictate nearly all EU policy, most vetoes having been removed in 2014. The UK will then have to choose bewteen joining the Eurogroup in full political union of leaving.
The Treaties that created the EU have been a process of ever closer union. It states this clearly in the preamble to the Treaty on European Union where it says that the EU is "RESOLVED to continue the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe..." and the first Article in the Treaty says "This Treaty marks a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe,..."
The very first line of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union says that the signatories are "DETERMINED to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe, "
These statements concerning "ever closer union" describe the intention of the Treaties. These Treaties intend to create an ever closer union. The intention is described on the wrapper and the entire Treaty text within is about the process by which the EU achieves ever closer union.
The EU will achieve nearly complete political union by removing the veto from member states and by activating the "shared competences" that have already been agreed in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
The veto was finally removed in November 2014, this means that EU decisions cannot be blocked by member states acting on their own. The "shared competences" are areas of government that, according to the Treaties, the EU is currently delegating to member states (See note 1). Here is a list of these areas of government:
(a) internal market;
(b) social policy, for the aspects defined in this Treaty;
(c) economic, social and territorial cohesion;
(d) agriculture and fisheries, excluding the conservation of marine biological
resources;
(e) environment;
(f) consumer protection;
(g) transport;
(h) trans-European networks;
(i) energy;
(j) area of freedom, security and justice;
(k) common safety concerns in public health matters, for the aspects defined in this Treaty.
They cover much of government and over the next few years the EU will begin to govern in most of these areas. This is all described in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Art 4.
The EU already has exclusive competence over these other areas of government:
Customs union, the establishing of the competition rules necessary for the functioning of the internal market, monetary policy for the Member States whose currency is the euro, the conservation of marine biological resources under the common fisheries policy, common commercial policy, external borders.
And it has competence to carry out actions to support, coordinate or
supplement the actions of the Member States. The areas of such action shall, at
European level, be:
(a) protection and improvement of human health;
(b) industry;
(c) culture;
(d) tourism;
(e) education, vocational training, youth and sport;
(f) civil protection;
(g) administrative cooperation
The EU has also already taken competence over foreign affairs and security (See Note 2).
David Cameron managed to obtain the following declaration in his recent negotiations with the EU:
“It is recognised that the United Kingdom ... is not committed to further political integration in the European Union .... References to ever-closer union do not apply to the United Kingdom.”Guardian article.
The references to ever closer union are on the wrapper of the Treaties, the content, which imposes political union, is unchanged. David Cameron is an ex-public relations man, what he is doing is "re-branding" UK membership. He planned this rebranding, perhaps a year ago. His objective is to treat the British People as if they are sheep. Wilson had a "special deal" before the EEC referendum and Cameron had a "special deal" before the Scots referendum, this is Cameron's "special deal" for the EU Referendum. Cameron is hoping that UK journalists will not expose this scam and will conspire to keep the people of the UK in the dark.
Cameron's deal will need to be ratified by the EU Parliament and this vote will not occur until after the referendum so we could have the spectacle of "Remain" voters supporting a deal that will not even happen! (See Note 3).
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Note 1:
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
"TITLE 1 Categories and Areas of Union Competence. Article 1, paragraph 2 ":
"2. When the Treaties confer on the Union a competence shared with the Member States in a specific area, the Union and the Member States may legislate and adopt legally binding acts in that area. The Member States shall exercise their competence to the extent that the Union has not exercised its competence. The Member States shall exercise their competence again to the extent that the Union has decided to cease exercising its competence."
In other words, the European Union is sovereign in areas of "shared competence" and delegates power to the States. In Euro-speak "Shared competence" means "delegated power".
Note 2:
According to Article 24 of the Treaty on European Union the Union’s competence in matters of common foreign and security policy shall cover all areas of foreign policy and all questions relating to the Union’s security, including the progressive framing of a common defence policy that might lead to a common defence.
According to Article 34 the UK will no longer be an independent member of the UN Security Council but will be a representative of the EU on the Security Council.
In Article 42 it states "Member States shall make civilian and military capabilities available to the Union for the implementation of the common security and defence policy, to contribute to the objectives defined by the Council."
If a Member State is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other Member States shall have towards it an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power, in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
All the important players in Europe are moving towards political union.
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor said:
"we need a political union first and foremost" (BBC News).
Francois Hollande, the French president said:
"Political union is the step that follows fiscal union, banking union, and social union. It will provide a democratic framework for successful integration." (Le Monde)
President Sergio Mattarella of Italy's inaugural speech Feb 2015:
"The EU is now once again a perspective of hope and true political union to be relaunched without delay."
Mariano Rajoy Brey, Spanish prime minister:
"We need to fix these objectives - fiscal union, banking union, political union...And we must set a time scale. We are giving a message that we really want greater European integration. We can't say something is this first, then something else, without saying where we're going," Rajoy said at a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti. (Reuters report).
What the European Commission says:
José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission said:
"This is why the Economic and Monetary Union raises the question of a political union and the European democracy that must underpin it."...
.."A deep and genuine economic and monetary union, a political union, with a coherent foreign and defence policy, means ultimately that the present European Union must evolve." (State of the Union 2012 Address to the European Parliament on 12 September 2012).
The EU's Blueprint for a deep and genuine economic and monetary union (and political union) states that:
"This Blueprint for a Deep and Genuine EMU describes the necessary
elements and the steps towards a full banking, economic, fiscal and political union."
What the European Central Bank says:
1999 paper by the European Central Bank: Europe: Common Money - Political Union? In this paper it says that:
"The monetary order established by the Maastricht Treaty with the detailed statute of the European System of Central Banks by itself represents an important building block for the development of a European statehood."
The importance of the connection between monetary union and the establishment of a single state was well understood at the new European Central Bank in 1999:
"So what does the future hold? Anyone who believes in the role of a single currency as a pace-setter in achieving political unity (Europe will be created by means of a single currency or not at all (Jacques Rueff 1950)) will regard the decisive step as has having already been taken. This does not provide an answer as to how the "rest" of the journey should be approached. "
How does the European Central Bank see the current Euro crisis evolving? Here is an extract from an ECB approved presentation on the subject, Short Term Crisis Management and Long Term Vision, describing the 4 steps to a solution:
The first is a financial union, with a single framework for supervising and resolving banks and for insuring customer deposits. This would build on the single supervisory mechanism now under development and ideally lead to a European version of the FDIC, financed by contributions from the private sector.
The second building block is a fiscal union, with powers at the euro area level to prevent unsustainable fiscal policies and to limit national debt issuance. With these powers in place, a path towards common debt issuance would also be possible, but only at the end of the process.
The third building block is an economic union, which would help euro area members to remain fit and to adjust flexibly within monetary union. This could entail, for example, moving from soft coordination of structural reforms in Member States to an enforceable framework at the euro area level.
And the fourth building block is a political union, which aims at strengthening democratic participation. This final building block is equally important, as the other measures cannot be effective unless they are legitimate. This requires innovative thinking as regards the involvement of the European Parliament and national parliaments in decision-making on euro area issues.
Note 3:
President Schulz of the EU Parliament said:
‘I can give you a guarantee that the European Parliament will deal immediately after the referendum to stay in to legislate on the proposal of the Commission.
‘But to be quite clear, no government can go to the Parliament and say: this is our proposal, can you give a guarantee about the result. This is not possible in a democracy.’
EU procedures mean that the EU Parliament is required to approve the changes (See Legal opinion). The deal is being presented to EU Parliament this week.
20/2/16
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