BRITAIN’S days as an independent country will soon be over, Spain’s foreign minister boasted yesterday.Indeed. More juicy musings by following the link, and this:
Miguel Angel Moratinos said it is only a matter of time before we are swallowed up by a new European superstate.
And he admitted that the EU Constitution will be a death warrant for sovereignty of the 25 member states.
Mr Moratinos declared: “We are witnessing the last remnants of national politics.”
And asked if the treaty would strip parliaments like Westminster of the right to set their own laws he replied: “Absolutely.”
He said they had already signed away power to run their own economy, legal system and human rights rules.
The next step will be to form a Europe-wide foreign policy and merge the armed forces into a single EU army.
Mr Moratinos said the constitution would lead to “a surrender of member states’ sovereignty”.
He told an EU think-tank that patriotism will be swept away as we all become Europeans.
The minister added: “The member states have already relinquished control of justice, liberty and security.
Shadow Foreign Secretary Michael Ancram said last night: “Yet again a senior European politician has dared to tell the truth about the constitution, a truth Mr Blair is anxious to hide.”Ruh Oh!
But if the suckers are scared off in the UK, the Euros have a secret plan - EU diehards 'ready to gang up' on Britain:
Plans have been drawn up to create an ad-hoc "core" of countries determined to pursue closer integration, in case Britain rejects the draft treaty establishing a European constitution, it was claimed yesterday.All the usual wussies. I would have thought they had enough to keep them busy at home, but perhaps I can't comprehend the bureaucratic majesty of their plans. Anyhow, one of the pro-EU folks in the UK says not to worry:
Senior officials close to the German chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, have told a leading pro-European think-tank, the Centre for European Reform (CER), that a scheme exists for a new, inner-circle of true believers, ready for unveiling the "day after" a British No vote, said Charles Grant, the CER director.
Officials in Paris and Brussels have also contributed.
But Mr Grant dismissed talk of Britain being thrown out of the EU in the event of a No vote. "Nobody wants to kick us out, we have the best soldiers, the best diplomats, and one of the best performing economies in Europe."Er, "best" doesn't seem to have high value in the halls of the European Union.
