After the euphoria of those 24 seats for Ukip and that “Eurosceptic earthquake” across Europe, we are back to Euro-reality with a bump. Nigel Farage and millions of others may rightly be cheered by the first-ever victory in a British election of a party without a single MP. But, in terms of democracy, just as significant was the fact that Ukip still only won the support of 9 per cent of the total electorate, two thirds of whom did not bother to vote at all.
EU-wide, despite the success of that ragbag of “Eurosceptic” parties, only 43 per cent of electors voted, and the three largest groupings in the European Parliament, all supporting further integration, won an overwhelming majority, with 522 of the 751 seats.
Virtually unreported in Britain, the response of that fervent integrationist, José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, was to say that the best answer to “those who protested or did not vote” was for the EU to “take more decisive action for growth and jobs” and to hold a “truly democratic debate” on Europe’s future.
In other words, “more Europe” – or for the Euro-elite, business as usual. Twelve years ago, when they met at Laeken, all the talk was of the EU’s “democratic deficit” and how the “project” was losing the support of its “citizens”. But what was their answer? Four years of trying to foist on us their “Constitution for Europe”, more integrationist than ever, even though, after it was rejected by the voters, they had to smuggle it back in by changing its name to the “Lisbon Treaty”. Full story...
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EU-wide, despite the success of that ragbag of “Eurosceptic” parties, only 43 per cent of electors voted, and the three largest groupings in the European Parliament, all supporting further integration, won an overwhelming majority, with 522 of the 751 seats.
Virtually unreported in Britain, the response of that fervent integrationist, José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, was to say that the best answer to “those who protested or did not vote” was for the EU to “take more decisive action for growth and jobs” and to hold a “truly democratic debate” on Europe’s future.
In other words, “more Europe” – or for the Euro-elite, business as usual. Twelve years ago, when they met at Laeken, all the talk was of the EU’s “democratic deficit” and how the “project” was losing the support of its “citizens”. But what was their answer? Four years of trying to foist on us their “Constitution for Europe”, more integrationist than ever, even though, after it was rejected by the voters, they had to smuggle it back in by changing its name to the “Lisbon Treaty”. Full story...
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