“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) […]
Comment: If we vote leave, we lose control
Vote Leave supporters sing from a well worn song sheet. Yet beyond repeating the easily memorable chorus, there is little understanding of the underlying complex issues. Leavers frequently allege we do not control our own borders. This is rather strange as those returning to the UK from the EU may recall that when entering the UK we are greeted by the big signs […]
Analysis: December European Council Summit
Thursday saw the beginning of the December European Council Summit – the most important council of the Union, which sees of European leaders the likes of Council President Donald Tusk, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, and British Prime Minister David Cameron among a series of other notables seated at its dinner table. […]