I rarely pass on, as postings, material that I find on the internet to which the author is insufficiently committed to apend his name as an identified individual, but I did find this essay cast into the public domain, on a blog unsupported by the conviction of the authors clear identity, on the Irish referendum of some interest and with which I substantially agree and thus choose to share it.
The
recent decision by the Irish Republics Attorney General to advise that
the Irish constitution requires a referendum, in order to ratify the
proposed EU Fiscal Union (EFU), has been received with joy by critics of
the European Union and it's attempts to 'bully' member states into
ratifying the treaty without recourse to the democratic process. It will
not have gone down well in the corridors of power in Brussels.
It
is no longer a surprise to eurosceptics to find that the EU's contempt
for democracy is demonstrated in it's actions of deposing the
democratically elected governments of Greece and Italy, replacing them
with EU Technocrats, and postponing democratic elections due to be held
over the next few months. In the words of Herman Van Rumpuy, President
of the EU, "This is not the time for elections". One wonders if in Mr
Van Rumpuy's twisted idea of democracy there will ever be a place for
free and fair elections?
The
Irish referendum, it could be argued, is something of a side show;
recent rule changes (manipulation) mean that the EFU only needs to be
ratified by 12 of the 17 eurozone members to become EU law. The sceptic
may believe that this is the reason the Irish referendum is being
allowed at all, as the very concept of referendums, a cornerstone of
liberal democracy, is regarded with contempt in Brussels, provoking the
removal of those politicians who dare to publicly contemplate them, as
the last democratically elected prime minister of Greece, George
Papandreou, discovered to his cost. Ireland itself has surely learnt the
lesson of crossing Brussels by producing the 'wrong answer' in the
referendum on the Treaty of Nice in 2001, then being cajoled into a
re-run a year later to 'produce the right answer'!
The
Irish people and politicians have, for many years been regarded as
'enthusiastic europeans', indeed one of Irelands highest profile
politicians, Bertie Ahern, was seen as the driving force behind the
delivery and ratification of the EU constitution in the form of the
Lisbon Treaty when Ireland held the EU Presidency in 2004. The Lisbon
Treaty and the Euro where 'sold' to the Irish people as the means to
strengthen democracy and guarantee future investment, jobs and
prosperity within the EU and in particular for Ireland. Do the people of
the Irish Republic, at least those who haven't been forced to emigrate
in order to escape the collapse of the Irish economy and the appalling
unemployment and fall in living standards resulting from the eurozone
crisis, still believe that the EU has been 'good' for Ireland?
It
must be clear to any intelligent observer that the eurozone crisis has
arisen because the euro project is fatally flawed as an economic system.
The arguments have been well rehearsed in these pages and many other
places by greater minds than mine. Assuming that the EU leadership, the
European Central Bank and the IMF are not completely inept one must
question what the true purpose of the project has been. The only real
conclusion that can be drawn about the euro project is that it is the
mechanism by which the architects of the EU intend to draw the member
states into the much vaunted 'european superstate'. There can be no
other logical conclusion. Indeed, many in continental europe, now openly
talk about the 'United States of Europe' as an entity who's time has
come.
There
is however one problem: No-one has bothered to ask the people of europe
for permission to remove their democracy, their sovereignty, to remove
their nationhood! No-one has bothered to ask the people of europe what
form of government they should be ruled by. What is being foisted on the
peoples of europe is a Soviet style Socialist (Communist?)
authoritarian government, with the stealthy construction of a 'Police
State' well under way. I say stealthy, but, the evidence is there for
all to see if only they would open their eyes and look!
The
arrogance of europe's politicians in assuming the right to arbitrarily
override the democratic process and alter national constitutions and
sovereignty without recourse to the people in countries such as the UK
is astounding and is a slap in the face to the libertarian rights of the
people. The Irish situation has shown that even with the supposed
in-built protection within their constitution, the 'forced march'
towards an undemocratic, and apparently authoritarian and totalitarian,
'United States of Europe' appears unstoppable. There is an ever widening
view amongst academics that the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections
may well be the last elections in europe for a very long time. Alarmist?
No, a genuinely held fear by many intelligent and informed people.
There
is a growing predictability about the behaviour of the EU when a
perceived threat to 'the plan' is raised. Ireland is now seeing the same
levels of 'encouraging' visits and talks by EU politicians attempting
to fool the people into believing that their best interests lie within
the EU, whilst at the same time denying opponents a level stage on which
to put forward an alternative view of the EU. These tactics have been
witnesses elsewhere, most recently in Croatia where the vote to join the
EU was manipulated to an appalling extent amid a massive campaign to
entice the Croatian people into voting 'Yes'. At least the opportunity
for a referendum was given to the Croatians. But, the fact is only
43.51% of the electorate voted and of that number 66.27% voted 'YES';
consequently 3,205,757 (71.16%) voters, from an electorate of 4,504,765,
did not vote for or rejected the wish to join the EU. Hardly the
'Overwhelming mandate' claimed by Brussels.
There
is a growing alarm amongst the ordinary people as the realisation of
what is being done in Brussels and a fear that it is too late to alter
course. It is through the ballot box ultimately that the EU juggernaut
must be defeated. The British public must force their national
government to allow and uphold a referendum on continued EU membership,
the Irish also have an opportunity to force their politicians to alter
course on the EFU by voting a clear 'NO' in the upcoming referendum.
But,
it is not for an Englishman to tell the Irish what is best for them;
they need only look around them at and contemplate the emptiness of the
promises of prosperity, so boldly forecast by the EU and their own
politicians just a few short years ago; much as the people of Greece,
Spain and Portugal are also being forced to contemplate today.
"In politics, stupidity is not a handicap."
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
Regards,
Greg L-W.
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