France to bring forward its referendum

France prepares to fall into line with the suggestion from the EU Parliament that the various referendums on the Constitution are all held at the same time, in a effort to imply that this would be an EU wide Referendum.

According to EUOBSREVER “French political leaders are considering bringing forward their referendum on the Constitution to 8 May next year and have already met to discuss this possibility.

President Jacques Chirac has previously said that the poll would be “in the second half of 2005″ but according to French daily Le Monde, he met prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin last Thursday (14 October) to discuss bringing forward the date of the poll.

The date itself is symbolic - it is the anniversary of the end of World War II. And 8 May was last week suggested by MEPs as an ideal date to hold co-ordinated referenda across the EU.”

Spain is still set to hold its referendum on 20 February.

Buttiglione affair Socialist Group softens its demands!

Speaking to Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Rocco Buttiglione said MEPs were trying to block his nomination to become commissioner because of his religious beliefs.

He said this meant having “to conform to a new orthodoxy, accompanied by a new inquisition, but this time anti-Christian”.

“There is a hate-campaign being waged against me”, claimed the conservative Catholic, adding that “whatever I say is being interpreted the wrong way”.

The issue has come to a head with the Socialist group in the European Parliament threatening to veto his nomination if he is not given another portfolio - he is supposed to take on justice and home affairs from 1 November.

Meanwhile Swedish media report that 10 of the 19 Swedish MEPs are set to reject the whole Commission in a vote at the end of this month if Mr Buttiglione is not moved to a different portfolio.

It would appear that the EU Parliament has moved on this and are now prepared to accept Buttiglione if moved but I am sure they specifically rejected this option last week. They are obviously preparing for a deal to be done that will save the Commission.

Refuting Euphiles platitudes

An exchange of letters in the Grimsby Telegraph

Linda McAvan MEP

Treasurer of the Socialist Group of the European Parliament.
Labour’s spokesperson in the European Parliament on Environment and Public Health and is a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee. She also serves on the Development Committee and the Joint ACP-EU Assembly (African, Caribbean and Pacific-European Union), which brings together parliamentarians from across the developing world with MEPs.
Member of the UNISON Group of MEPs. Member of the Tribune Group of Labour MEPs.

Linda McAvans Letter Grimsby Telegraph

There is No Need to Worry

Jane Birkby has nothing to worry about (Viewpoint September 10). She’s been an EU citizen for many years already.

The concept of European citizenship is not new.

The draft constitution makes it clear that “Citizenship of the Union shall be additional to national citizenship; it shall not replace it” (art 1.8 draft constitution).

Such citizenship gives us extra rights when we travel to other EU countries or choose to live there.

It means a UK pensioner travelling in the EU will get the same travel discounts as nationals. We can work and retire in any EU country. It means we get access to emergency medical care when travelling.
We lose nothing and gain much. The draft constitution changes nothing compared with the status quo.

Linda McAvan MEP, Wath upon Dearne, South Yorkshire.
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Don’t we hear the “not new argument” often enough from these people, when did they ever ask us! if we wanted any of this. The fact that without a mandate from the people of this country various politicians have taken it upon themselves, to agree between themselves, what is best for us some time ago, is no argument.
Murder is not new theft is not new etc. Is this therefore and argument for these?

Jane Birkby’s reply Amended with the recent discovery that Tony Blair has already removed many constitutional safeguards.

Shallow Thinking

Dear Viewpoint,
Linda McAvan MEP (Viewpoint September 30th) thinks I’m worried about EU Citizenship, and gives all the usual platitudes about how good the EU is to us, and for us. I find this to be shallow thinking.

“The concept of European Citizenship “which she mentions…. is just that, only a concept, it has no legality, substance or truth to it, and is a myth pure and simple.

The EU is not a country, it is not legally recognised as one, except in it’s own misguided purchasing power, publicity, and aspirations.
It is a collection of sovereign nations, who at present have lent their sovereignty to the EU.
A person can only be a citizen, of a legally based country.

The EU desperately needs the Draft EU Constitution to be accepted and ratified, so that it can be recognised legally as a country, and so that it can have Legal Kompetenz (full legal control).
Article 1.8 of the Draft Constitution (note…Draft i.e. changeable) saying” EU Citizenship will not replace national citizenship”… is a placebo…. for if it should arise that the EU gains all the “Kompetenz’s” (or controls) of subsidiarity it needs, they will then be able to amend pretty much anything they want, on the grounds that it is ’showing proper respect to The Union’.
In the past, the EU has amended the original agreement for the then Common Market, by using treaty after treaty, so it will be nothing new.

The Draft EU Constitution will change everything Linda McAvan….not nothing as you would have us believe. Frankly I’m surprised by your apparent ignorance.

It will require the abolition of our own protective British Constitution entrenched in Common Law, because our British Constitution Acts and Treason Laws are designed to stop anyone conspiring to, or actually handing over this country to a foreign power, either within or without the Realm (British Constitutional Law)

Our Governments and the Queen have a sworn duty to uphold and protect the British Constitution, sadly they have not done this, Tony Blair repealed the Constitutional Laws of Treason for 1790, 1795, 1817, and section 2 of the Treason Felony Act 1848, using the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 a year after coming to office. This was in itself an Act of Treason because it diminished our Constitution. The statute of limitations for action is 3 years, now past.

The most dangerous piece of legislation ever placed before our Parliament, the “Civil Contingencies Bill 2004″ is in the House of Lords, soon to pass back to the House of Commons.
Clause 21 (3) j, will confer supreme unlimited power to parliament, deifying it (making it Godlike in authority), which will allow it to sweep away the Acts of Parliament which make up our British Constitution.

The British Constitution had protected us, and given us stability for 1,000 years.
In the time of James I, Sir Edward Coke (the great Chief Justice) held that “law, divine in its origin and sanction, is the basis upon which civil society is built, and that this law is supreme above King (Monarch) and people equally”, or in other words no person is above the Law, and certainly not Constitutional Law the Supreme Law of our Country.

Mr Blair, who is a Lawyer, has already initially signed up to the EU Constitution without consulting us. Whoever is in power at the point of ratification for this country, will first need to destroy or misapply the rest of our British Constitution. They cannot legally sign this country over to a foreign power, in direct opposition to our own Constitution which they have a duty to uphold and protect.

Therefore they will have to commit a monumental Act of Treachery against the Political Sovereign of this country i.e. the people, in order to comply with completion of the ratification of the EU Constitution. This would of course be committing a crime by breaking the Supreme Law of the Land, something they are prepared to do it seems. Quite a problem for them I would think, or for us, if they choose to ignore the Supreme Law of the Land again.
Yours truly
Mrs Jane Birkby

My thanks to Mrs Birkby