System
European Union
Globalization
Europa - Fact Sheets on the European Union (Legal basis)
The EU’s founding values are ‘human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities’; In ‘its relations with the wider world’, the EU contributes to the ‘eradication of poverty and the protection of human rights, in particular the rights of the child, as well as to the strict observance and the development of international law, including respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter’;
The EU’s founding values are ‘human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities’; In ‘its relations with the wider world’, the EU contributes to the ‘eradication of poverty and the protection of human rights, in particular the rights of the child, as well as to the strict observance and the development of international law, including respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter’;
All these principles have been violated by the European
power elite, one way or another.
Globalization
Konrad Adenauer -
Henry Kissinger: Diplomacy
France and England will never be powers comparable to the United States and the Soviet Union. Nor Germany either. There remains to them only one way of playing a decisive role in the world; that is to unite to make Europe. ... We have no time to waste: Europe will be your revenge.
France and England will never be powers comparable to the United States and the Soviet Union. Nor Germany either. There remains to them only one way of playing a decisive role in the world; that is to unite to make Europe. ... We have no time to waste: Europe will be your revenge.
José Manuel Barroso -
European Union and Global Order (26 May 2008)
Today, I wish to say a few words on how the European Union can contribute to global governance. My argument is built around four words: competition, opportunities, challenges and governance. The competition that Europe faces in the 21st Century world. The opportunities created by globalization. The challenges that Europe must tackle. And, finally, the European Union as an example of international and transnational governance for the world.
Today, I wish to say a few words on how the European Union can contribute to global governance. My argument is built around four words: competition, opportunities, challenges and governance. The competition that Europe faces in the 21st Century world. The opportunities created by globalization. The challenges that Europe must tackle. And, finally, the European Union as an example of international and transnational governance for the world.
Martin Feldstein -
The Failure of the Euro
The primary political motive for increased European integration [is] to enhance Europe's role in world affairs.
The primary political motive for increased European integration [is] to enhance Europe's role in world affairs.
The EU is a major globalization project of the
power elite by which they
rule their self-created superstate including the nations and all the people in them. Books like
The European Union and Emerging Powers in the 21st Century: How Europe Can Shape a New Global Order by
Sven Biscop understate the given that globalization is a one-way street,
towards the often mentioned New World Order, leaving no room for alternatives.
The European Parliament in Strasbourg represents the new
Tower of Babel as is seen in the obvious symbolism used by the power elite.
Tax haven empire
Deutsche Welle - The 'who's who' of European tax havens
If you want to avoid paying taxes and have no problem with dicey business practices, Europe has a lot to offer.
If you want to avoid paying taxes and have no problem with dicey business practices, Europe has a lot to offer.
Tax Justice Network - How Europe's Investment Bank flouts its own tax haven policies
We all know that the finance sector is addicted to offshore...
We all know that the finance sector is addicted to offshore...
Guardian - Jean-Claude Juncker's real scandal is his tax-haven homeland of Luxembourg
During Juncker's reign ... the duchy reinvented itself as Europe's largest tax haven...
During Juncker's reign ... the duchy reinvented itself as Europe's largest tax haven...
Der Spiegel - Pressure Mounts for EU Crackdown on Tax Havens
Politicians in Brussels have maneuvered to save him from the scandal...
Politicians in Brussels have maneuvered to save him from the scandal...
Guardian - Luxembourg tax files: how tiny state rubber-stamped tax avoidance on an industrial scale
Luxembourg ... multi-billion dollar tax secrets of some of the world’s largest multinational corporations.
Luxembourg ... multi-billion dollar tax secrets of some of the world’s largest multinational corporations.
As minister of finance Juncker turned Luxembourg into Europe's leading tax haven.
He was involved in the so-called Luxembourg Leaks and the
Juncker spy scandal.
The European power elite elected Juncker as president of the European Commission.
After being exposed to have lied he said
"when it becomes serious, you have to lie."
Before the French referendum on the EU constitution in 2005 he said
"if it's a yes, we will say, 'On we go', and if it's a no, we will say, 'We continue'."
A professional liar like Juncker in such an important position says a great deal about the EU and the
power elite in control of it.
Economic inequality
EU Observer - EU tax havens drain money from developing nations
Tax havens in countries such as Luxembourg are zapping billions of euros from the coffers of developing countries...
Tax havens in countries such as Luxembourg are zapping billions of euros from the coffers of developing countries...
European Commission - How many people live in poverty in the EU?
In 2012, close to 125 million people - almost a quarter of the population in the EU - were at risk of poverty or social exclusion (see STAT/13/184). Almost 50 million are suffering severe material deprivation.
In 2012, close to 125 million people - almost a quarter of the population in the EU - were at risk of poverty or social exclusion (see STAT/13/184). Almost 50 million are suffering severe material deprivation.
WHO - Rising numbers of children living in poverty across Europe
The number of children living in relative poverty is increasing across all Member States in the WHO European Region.
The number of children living in relative poverty is increasing across all Member States in the WHO European Region.
Against democracy and sovereignty
Gabriel Reznick - Shared Sovereignty and the European Union
The EU has shown that states can come together and form a collective, in terms of sharing laws, currency, security, and other areas that are usually under the control of a singular nation state. Consequently, the traditional view of sovereignty has especially been challenged in recent years. Since the EU is made of different member states, in order for the EU to have power and sovereignty, the member states have given up much of their sovereign power.
The EU has shown that states can come together and form a collective, in terms of sharing laws, currency, security, and other areas that are usually under the control of a singular nation state. Consequently, the traditional view of sovereignty has especially been challenged in recent years. Since the EU is made of different member states, in order for the EU to have power and sovereignty, the member states have given up much of their sovereign power.
Spectrezine - The Nation State, Sovereignty and the European Union
Last year's referendums on their Accession Treaties were travesties of democracy. Public funding, the mass media and the referendum rules were grotesquely unbalanced in favour of EU accession. The EU Commission, ever anxious to increase its own power, interfered massively in favour of the Yes-side - almost certainly in breach of EU law, which gives the Commission no competence in treaty ratification.
Last year's referendums on their Accession Treaties were travesties of democracy. Public funding, the mass media and the referendum rules were grotesquely unbalanced in favour of EU accession. The EU Commission, ever anxious to increase its own power, interfered massively in favour of the Yes-side - almost certainly in breach of EU law, which gives the Commission no competence in treaty ratification.
Claes H. de Vreese -
Why European Citizens will Reject the EU Constitution
The democratic deficit is a lack of legitimacy in that EU decisions are not sufficiently responsive to public preferences and scrutiny. This gap between elite opinion and public opinion on European integration has also been established in more empirical terms showing differences in the areas in which political elites and European publics are willing to confer power to the EU.
The democratic deficit is a lack of legitimacy in that EU decisions are not sufficiently responsive to public preferences and scrutiny. This gap between elite opinion and public opinion on European integration has also been established in more empirical terms showing differences in the areas in which political elites and European publics are willing to confer power to the EU.
Corruption
David Craig, Matthew Elliott - The Great European Rip-off
It has been estimated that the EU costs us around £1,000 billion a year - an incredible £2000 for every man, woman and child in Europe. So what do we get for our money?
It has been estimated that the EU costs us around £1,000 billion a year - an incredible £2000 for every man, woman and child in Europe. So what do we get for our money?
European Commission - Eurobarometer: Corruption on the rise?
Corruption remains a major problem in the countries of the European Union and levels are thought to have risen over the last three years.
Corruption remains a major problem in the countries of the European Union and levels are thought to have risen over the last three years.
Cecilia Malmström -
Corruption on the rise?
Corruption is a disease that destroys a country from within, undermining trust in democratic institutions, weakening the accountability of political leadership and playing into the hands of organised crime groups. Corruption can only be tackled successfully through the will and commitment of leaders and decision-makers at all levels.
Corruption is a disease that destroys a country from within, undermining trust in democratic institutions, weakening the accountability of political leadership and playing into the hands of organised crime groups. Corruption can only be tackled successfully through the will and commitment of leaders and decision-makers at all levels.
The EU is a bureaucracy whose leaders are not
democratically elected by EU citizens, but they are appointed by the EU
power elite themselves. This is
cronyism.
The EU power elite make laws and regulations for member states without the consent of the people who are simply forced to abide.
The EU is in essence undemocratic. The question is not whether the EU is corrupt, but how corrupt.
Of course anybody who thinks that corrupt people are going to tackle corruption is an idiot. The facts speak for themselves.
Links...
Marta Andreasen - Brussels Laid Bare
Watson Institute - The Failure of the Euro?
Corporate Watch - False Dilemmas: A Critical Guide to the Euro Zone Crisis
Economist - The man who screwed an entire country
Telegraph - Nicolas Sarkozy 'received £42 million from Muammar Gaddafi for 2007 election'
Commentator - Bad leadership at the root of europe's worst peacetime crisis
Roy Davies: A Collection of Links on politics and political corruption in relation to financial scandals
Carmen Galiana - Trafficking in women
EWL - Post-2016 EU Strategy on human trafficking must put gender equality and dignity at its core
Politics - EU budget fraud
Newsweek - Juncker Unlikely to be Unseated Despite 'Tax Haven' Scandal
Watson Institute - The Failure of the Euro?
Corporate Watch - False Dilemmas: A Critical Guide to the Euro Zone Crisis
Economist - The man who screwed an entire country
Telegraph - Nicolas Sarkozy 'received £42 million from Muammar Gaddafi for 2007 election'
Commentator - Bad leadership at the root of europe's worst peacetime crisis
Roy Davies: A Collection of Links on politics and political corruption in relation to financial scandals
Carmen Galiana - Trafficking in women
EWL - Post-2016 EU Strategy on human trafficking must put gender equality and dignity at its core
Politics - EU budget fraud
Newsweek - Juncker Unlikely to be Unseated Despite 'Tax Haven' Scandal