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Mikhail Gorbachev and Alexander Lebedev have written an article for the FT “Arrogance exposes the cracks in Europe’s expanding empire”

They say “The rejection of the European Union’s proposed constitution in France and the Netherlands has shocked the European elite, who seemed to take for granted popular support for building a common European house. Although warnings that ratification could run into problems had been plentiful even before the constitution was signed, the would-be founding fathers brushed off the sceptics. Europe’s well-oiled bureaucracy still cannot believe that a systemic failure has occurred, one that could jeopardise the very basis of its existence.”

What has happened is not yet a catastrophe, but could mark the beginning of one unless an in-depth analysis is undertaken and lessons are learnt.

Going on to argue that in their opinion the main reason for this discontent it the rapid enlargement of the EU which has it has meant “the influx of cheap labour from and the flight of industries to the east.”

They Quote a Frenchman interviewed by EuroNews who asked a very good question: what would happen if referendums were held in those countries that have already ratified the constitution by votes of parliament? After all, both in France and in the Netherlands most of the “representatives of the people” - from both the ruling parties and the opposition - favoured ratification. The opposition in Germany has already started questioning the parliament’s decision to ratify the constitution, and the issue could become contentious in the run-up to elections in September. They do not even mention Britain where the Pro EU camp it so scared of the people getting in the way that they dare not even put the question and all the political leaders do everything they can to keep the EU off the agenda.

Gorbachev goes on “It is clear that Europe’s political elites have only themselves to blame for what has happened. The referendums revealed a chasm that divides EU elites and the people of EU countries. It now appears that the framers of the constitution had not envisaged any mechanism in case the ratification process went off course. In other words, they had decided everything beforehand, dismissing any thought that the people they claim to represent could disagree with them.”

The attempt by elites to exclude the people from the decision-making process could lead to the rejection of those very elites by society. In the worst-case scenario, forces that have until recently been marginalised could return to the centre of political life.

Is it not strange that a communist ex leader of the Soviet Union can so clearly see what is wrong with the EU elitist class, something that they cannot see or rather will not accept, to them we the people are just not understanding what all this is about, we are just an impediment to their plans and really need re-educating.