Keith Hudson wrote: > I regard the EU as a plot, > mainly by senior civil servants but with fellow-travelling senior > politicians in the main European countries, to form a larger and superior > form of nation-state which will, of course, give them more career > opportunities and more power. Being far more intelligent than politicians, > the civil service have been able to manipulate them by giving them plenty > of junkets and fulsome opportunities to claim money on expenses.
This ignores the roots and drivers of the EU project, which are corporate rather than state: The European Roundtable of Industrialists (www.ERT.be) which has planned all major projects of the EU (e.g. Eurotunnel, euro currency, east enlargement etc.) and realized them without even asking the politicians or people of the EU member states. The MEPs that Keith complains about, are merely "democratic" window dressing as they have no real decision power anyway, and the little decision-dressing they have, is cared for by several corporate lobbyists per MEP hanging around in Brussels. Of course MEPs and civil servants enjoy their economic perks, but let's not confuse piggy-backers with driving forces. The corporate agenda of the EU is to "open" and plunder the natural and human resources of the new and future member states (incl. CH in the long run). As EU boss Romano Prodi put it: "Going west was their [U$'] enlargement. They found the Rocky Mountains; we found Prague and Budapest." Let's hope the Brits leave those nasty smallpox blankets at home this time (in the figurative sense)... > The beginning of the end of the nation-state came when > the nuclear bomb was invented because this meant that, sooner or later, a > rogue nation or even a terrorist group such as Al Qaeda, will be able to > bring a nation-state to its knees by exploding the device at the location > of its highly centralised government and civil service The beginning of the end of the nation-state came when the TNC was invented because this meant that, sooner or later, a rogue TNC or even an economic terrorist group such as WTO, will be able to bring a nation-state to its knees by blackmailing it with jobs and economic sanctions. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
