Posted on 06/29/2013 4:02:46 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The European Union summit on Thursday night was supposed to be a demonstration of European harmony—until British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived. He insisted that the UK budget rebate go untouched, launching hours of pointless debate. …
Other summit participants were less than impressed. Cameron is “never happy” when it comes to the EU budget, complained European Parliament President Martin Schulz.
The Cameron offensive was particularly surprising given that the European Council and Parliament on Thursday morning had finally reached an important agreement on the bloc’s budget. Following months of at times acrimonious debate among EU member states, a deal was reached on the budget for the years from 2014 to 2020. And it largely reflected the demands made by Britain, namely that it would be capped at €980 billion ($1.28 trillion). Demands for improvements made by the Parliament were largely rejected. All that was left for EU leaders on Thursday night was to give the deal their thumbs up. …
(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...
Aren’t there any better ways to waste $1.28 trillion dollars? What does the EU accomplish anyway?
The EU accomplishes the overturn of laws that guarantee freedom, as well as the destruction of national sovereignties (except for just one country in that union).
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