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Summary
Europe remains a touchy subject for many in the UK. Being an Island nation
state, the British have never really felt much of the 'continental spirit',
although things have changed slowly since the 1960s , not least in part due to the
availability of cheap holidays for the masses across the main Euro zone.
The 'Euro' currency issue remains highly contentious, latest polls still appear
to show that a majority of UK people are against the Euro in the short term, but
that they believe a currency switch in the longer term as inevitable.
A happy league of nations ?
Proposals
Introduction
The issue is one of sovereignty. None of the current mainstream parties in the
UK show any indication of protecting the rights of the UK people. The UK
independence party are the only semi-mainstream group that are suggesting the UK
retain most of their currently existing independence from other nations. The
problem with the UK Independence. party is that is one of those 'one policy' parties.
They only have one idea, and so as such will never really gain any favour with
the public.
So, as things are, whether 'new' labour or the conservatives are in power, the
UK continues to relentlessly see UK elected politicians literally sign away our
independence to other countries. Utterly depressing indeed.
The European Constitution
The euro. constitution is yet another step in the process of the relentless
erosion of the UK's independence. Each year the Euro parliament becomes more
dominant over the UK people. Ask any UK person if they like this situation, and
the answer is of course a passionate 'NO !'. Yet sadly, events just continue to
support the notion that UK members of parliament don't really care about
protecting the UK's independence.
The
UK public are still against the Euro
The Euro
I would like to make a note though, that I foresee a 'One world currency' by
2075. Baring a world disaster, countries across the globe will relentlessly become ever more
closely tied with each other - whether the resident populations like this idea or
not is beside the point. The fact is that the UK economy reacts in part
according to how other nations are doing. If America falls into recession, then
this will have 'some' impact on the UK economy. Contrary to what the extreme
euro-sceptics would like the general populace to believe, the time when the UK
economy was 'independent' ended more than a century ago when international trade
started to take place on a large scale.
Euro-Military
There has been a drive to get a 'euro army', one that will supersede the UK
armed forces, and this should be opposed. As was seen with Gulf War II in
2003, nations are simply too split in how they believe world affairs need to be
dealt with. How can anyone suggest the UK should give up its own military
defence force, in favour of a euro-army - which is controlled via the European
parliament ?
European Court of Law
Should an external court have power to over-ride the UK courts system. The
answer should surely be NO ! Yet over the last decade there have been so
many court cases of injustice - where the only hope and real justice UK citizens
have found was via the European court, that I find myself for the moment
supporting the European-court. In principle though, laws should only be decided
by the local population, and not by a large multi-country block. There remain
simply too many cultural differences between the various European nations for a
single 'one size fits all' court to represent the views of the population.
The UK remains currently split on
the issue of Europe. The 'Tory party' self destructed due to this very issue,
and for most people the issue of Europe is a highly passionate one. As things
are, the European parliament already has a great many powers over the UK, some
of which over-ride UK law - although this is not always a bad thing when you
consider some of the crazy laws we have.
Even though a majority of UK people are against joining the euro currency bloc'
in the short term (3-10years), most people in surveys do tend to believe that
the UK will sometime within a decade join up.
European Parliament : The official website of the European parliament (English version).
UK
Independence Party : Always worth a look, a very 'anti-foreigner' attitude
as standard, but still take a look at their core principles.
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