
Britain will run from Brussels if Van Rompuy is replaced by a super EU president.
A covert group of EU foreign ministers has drawn up plans for merging
the jobs currently done by Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European
Council, and Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission.
The new bureaucrat, who would not be directly elected by voters, is
set to get sweeping control over the entire EU and force member
countries into ever-greater political and economic union. Tellingly, the
UK has been excluded from the confidential discussions within the shady
“Berlin Group” of Europhile politicians, spearheaded by German foreign
minister Guido Westerwelle.
Opponents fear the plan could create a modern-day equivalent of the
European emperor envisaged by Napoleon Bonaparte or a return to the Holy
Roman Empire of Charlemagne that dominated Europe in the Dark Ages.
They are concerned that David Cameron’s coalition Government is doing
nothing to prevent the sinister plot. The secret talks were uncovered
by Independent Labour peer Lord Stoddart of Swindon.
“This is a plot by people who want to abolish nation states and create a United States of Europe,” he said.
“The whole thing is barmy. These people are determined to achieve
their final objective. “The only hope for Britain is to leave the EU and
become an independent nation.” The move will give further momentum to
the Daily Express’s hugely popular crusade for Britain’s withdrawal from
the EU.
Tory backbench MP Douglas Carswell said: “It doesn’t matter how you
arrange the offices of these technocrats, they are useless at arranging
our lives for us and they are not elected so they have no legitimacy.
“My worry is that the president will end up having the charisma of Van Rompuy and the economic management skills of Barroso.”
Euro-MP Paul Nuttall, of the UK Independence Party, said: “This is a
truly ridiculous idea that must never be allowed to happen. It sounds as
if they are trying to go back to the days of the Holy Roman Emperor.”
At present, the two senior EU bureaucrats, Mr Barroso and Mr Van
Rompuy, are locked in a bitter power struggle to determine who is the
true big cheese or “grand fromage” in Europe. Former Portuguese premier
Mr Barroso, who heads the EU’s executive arm and was elected to his post
by members of the European Union, is understood to resent the rival
fiefdom of Belgian Mr Van Rompuy, who was chosen by the heads of
government of EU member states to represent them.
Under the plan, a single figure would be elected by Euro-MPs to perform both roles.
Supporters of the move believe that the rival presidencies are
undermining the EU’s ability to speak with a single voice. They argue
that merging the two jobs will create a powerful European leader who is
capable of pursuing the federalist dream of a united Europe which has
been severely shaken by the eurozone crisis.
Lord Stoddart confirmed the existence of the plot thanks to a
parliamentary written answer in the House of Lords. He asked Foreign
Office ministers to reveal what they knew about the merger talks.
In response to his inquiry, Tory Foreign Office minister Lord Howell
of Guildford said: “We are aware of one group of EU foreign ministers
meeting on an informal basis to discuss a variety of issues related to
the future governance of the EU.
“While the UK is not part of that group, we understand that one idea
under discussion is a merger of the positions of president of the
European Council and president of the European Commission.”
Lord Howell added: “A merger of the two presidencies would create a
potential conflict of interest, undermine the quality of the EU’s
decision-making processes and upset the institutional balance within the
EU.” Lord Stoddart said: “These sorts of informal discussions within
the EU have a habit of rapidly being transferred into formal proposals.
“Since the Government is not party to these discussions, its reservations are academic.
“Such a merger would represent a massive shift of power into the
hands of a single, unelected bureaucrat. The Government should be taking
this far more seriously and voicing its objections very strongly.”
He added: “The holder of this new office would be both Europe’s
political and administrative leader, giving them far more powers than
those given to the US president.
“It really is a great disappointment that we have a Conservative-led
Government that is supposed to be Eurosceptic yet ministers just go
along with this.”
source – Express UK
Would this guy become the Anti-Christ?