regwec
Make Mine Marble
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Since the signing of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU has been set on a course towards supra-national statehood. Already, it has control of member states' foreign policies, it issues and regulates most members' currency, it runs agriculture and fisheries as a form of closed shop, and the President of the Commission wields sweeping powers. Members of the Eurozone must submit their annual budgets for the Commission's approval, and the proceeds of member states' growth is redistributed by a mechanism that applies a variable rate to EU budget contributions (this is why Britain has just been ordered to pay £1,700,000,000 to the EU, which will indirectly be given to France and Germany).
The Commission is an unelected body. Member states do elect delegates to the European Parliament, but the EP has very little influence.
The EU is attempting to gain power over financial regulation. It wants its own armed forces. It is seeking large increases to its budget (to be paid by taxpayers in member states).
My own view may have become clear. Do you think the EU is a good thing?
The Commission is an unelected body. Member states do elect delegates to the European Parliament, but the EP has very little influence.
The EU is attempting to gain power over financial regulation. It wants its own armed forces. It is seeking large increases to its budget (to be paid by taxpayers in member states).
My own view may have become clear. Do you think the EU is a good thing?
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