Eurocrat: EU’s Lesson from Brexit Is to Take Away MORE National Sovereignty
Senior Member of European Parliament Guy
Verhofstadt has made the extraordinary assessment that the lessons to be
learnt from Brexit is for Brussels to push for ‘More Europe’ and to
take away even more democracy from nation-states.
The former Belgian prime minister said: “This lesson, dear colleagues, is not to undo the union, as some are arguing. The lesson is to deeply reform the union. To make a real union in the coming years.
“That means a union without opt-ins, opt-outs, rebates, exceptions, and above all without unanimity rules and veto rights.”
Guy Verhofstadt just stating in the chamber— Belinda de Lucy (@BelindadeLucy) January 29, 2020
‘All these vetoes make the union unable to act effectively.’
= all this democracy and choice makes it impossible for the EU to run smoothly. Exactly!
Democracy will not survive the EU. It can’t.
Two such rights still held by EU countries are the veto and unanimity voting, the latter of which meaning that all countries in the European Council must agree on a proposal before it is adopted. Without unanimity or vetos, the EU could ram through reforms without the agreement of the democratically-elected representatives and force its decisions onto the diverse European nations across the bloc.
Mr Verhofstadt concluded: “Only then can we act, only then can we defend our interests, and defend our values. it is the lack of effectiveness that is the problem that we have seen with Brexit.”
Let me tell you, listening to @guyverhofstadt - he hasn't learnt a thing. Doubling down on sovereighty (impossible in modern world) & issue not EU making too few concessions to nation states, but too many. Full blown Federalist speech. Even Remainers/Europhiles look uncomfortable pic.twitter.com/0xUNcarsBv— Claire Fox (@Fox_Claire) January 29, 2020
Belinda de Lucy, MEP for South East England, remarked: “Democracy will not survive the EU. It can’t.”
While South East England MEP Alexandra Phillips said: “Delusional stuff from the Hof’.”
Leading Eurocrat Guy Verhofstadt Admits EU Wants an ‘Empire’ https://t.co/lPIPcPeHLh— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) May 22, 2019