“EU Compelling Cause”
Mandelson to press for EU reforms
Twice sacked Peter Mandelson and now soon to be Britain’s only Commissioner to the EU, Mr Mandelson will tell the CBI conference in Birmingham that the new Commission’s “compelling cause” must be economic reform. Some of the reforms that Mandy might be personally interested in are listed by Martin Cole at Ironies, with a link to the Daily Mail article.
One thing in the article which stood out for me was the comment that;
“Aware that his every word as a Commissioner is bound to be closely studied by pro-and anti-EU factions alike, Mr Mandelson will insist that the UK should not make the mistake of confusing criticism of some European policies with rejection of Europe: “We must never allow the case for reform in Europe to be presented as the case against Europe itself”
I don’t think there is much chance of that, just as is there is not much chance of real reform of the EU, if there were then perhaps we would not be so keen to leave. But the fact remains that even if Mandelson managed to get all the reforms he is advocating, through the labyrinthine policy making system of the EU, it would still be a totally undemocratic, fanatical, prejudiced institution, run by, and for the benefit of a self-selected autocratic elite, who have no understanding or inclination to allow any democratic debate to stand in the way of their own plans for a united Europe under the control of an unelected and unaccountable Eurocracy that has more in common to the old USSR than any democratic nation on earth.
This is a meme that we need to fight very hard against.
Over the next few months we will be constantly told that Europe is moving our way, we are winning the argument. To reject the constitution at this point would be to undermine our progress.
Simple answer, the constitution carves in stone the opposition argument.
We mustn’t let them convince the waverers with their scare stories.
Absolutely no doupt about it.