“World Peace”. Those are the opening words of the Schumann Declaration – the founding document of what is now the European Union. So that is what it is all about. Peace between member states. And peace in the face of external threat by offering political support to the NATO military alliance. The EU has helped […]
The EU is more democratic than the UK – It’s the pot calling the kettle black.
Brexiters swear that the EU is undemocratic, complaining that “We can’t throw them out’”, as if the EU were a Federal State like the USA – by the way, even there the President is elected indirectly through an electoral ‘college’ of votes from its states – not directly. But the EU is not a federal […]
EU Referendum: Dispelling the myth of lack of democracy in the European Union (EU)
This blog looks at some of the myths being peddled by BREXIT supporters about how undemocratic the EU is, and how, according to Nigel Farage, EU laws make up 75% of all our laws. The House of Commons Library calculates that from 2009-2014, 6.8% of primary legislation (statutes) and 14.1% of secondary legislation (statutory instruments) […]
EU Referendum: Brexit would not save British Steel
The Budget, the National Living Wage and now the future of the British steel industry. These major news stories have all been given an added dimension because of the referendum debate. Much has already been written on the Government’s opposition EU tariffs on Chinese steel, as well as UKIP’s voting record in the European Parliament. […]
EU Referendum: After 20 years the auditors still haven’t signed off the accounts…
One of the criticisms of the EU which Nigel Farage trots out at every opportunity is that the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has never given a clean opinion on the EU’s annual accounts. We are left to understand that this must be due to incompetence and corruption on the part of the European Commission. […]