The same Juncker that made these fly over Europe?
Posted on 06/24/2016 10:59:30 AM PDT by Lorianne
The shocked reactions of many European leaders suggested they had not fully absorbed the possibility of a vote for Brexit. Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, called a crisis meeting of parliamentary leaders and cabinet members. In Rome, the Italian prime minister, Matteo Renzi, convened an emergency meeting of ministers and scrapped a scheduled summit of his party’s leaders. France’s president, François Hollande, held a long emergency session at the Elysée. When he emerged his tone was measured (he promised to continue to work closely with Britain), but he added that the EU now needed a “leap forward” to ward off the danger of Eurosceptic populists.
Those Eurosceptic populists, meanwhile, reacted to the vote with elation. Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italy’s right-wing populist Northern League, praised “the courage of the free citizens of Great Britain” and called for an Italian referendum next. (It is not clear whether Italy’s constitution would permit one.) A jubilant Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s anti-European National Front, described the result as a “victory for liberty” and renewed her longstanding call for a referendum on exit for France. “The Europhile elite has been defeated,” crowed Geert Wilders of the Netherlands’ anti-immigrant Party for Freedom. He promised a referendum if he becomes prime minister. That outcome is rated wildly unlikely—but in the aftermath of the Brexit shock, anything seemed possible.
For European leaders, the most pressing question is how to deter contagion. That means making Britain’s exit look like an unattractive option, and preventing it from enjoying the benefits of EU membership once it has left. The idea, as one French minister said before the result, is “not to punish” Britain, but to send a strong signal to others. “We have to prevent copycats now.”
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When does the UK stop direct funding of the EU overhead?
>>>> For European leaders, the most pressing question is how to deter contagion <<<<
Contagion = The will of the people.
One thing is for sure Trump has gained mightily from this vote, he's riding a wave of popular revolt.
That is Junker’s view of the citizens of various European countries (Junker thinks of the citizens as peasants over which to be ruled).
Juncker, not Junker.
A lot of the European leadership can't get feudalism out of their minds.
They all want a ruling nobility restored to lord over their European peasantry. Well, that's my opinion.
and we all know what happened to the French nobility in 1793.
Juncker is a real piece of...work. Read some of his statements and you’ll see a real wannabe European dictator.
So other countries now want on referendum on exiting. It’s like they all their thinking caps on at the same time.
Probably a bit over simplified. They were more of the landed middle class. Younger sons that didn't inherit the land usually ended up in the civil service or the military. Certainly better than the peasants, but below the titled aristocracy (unless one considers 'Junker' a title). They did generally oppose the peasant Hitler and his popular government.
I was talking about Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, and not the Junkers.
Germany should be next in a revolt against Merkel.
Here is a tidbit that explains Merkel:
At school, she learned to speak Russian fluently, and was awarded prizes for her proficiency in Russian and Mathematics. Merkel was educated in Templin and at the Karl Marx University, Leipzig, named after the German communist philosopher Karl Marx, where she studied physics from 1973 to 1978. Only after 1991, following the reunification of Germany, the University’s name was restored to the original Leipzig University.
” doubling down on existing arrangements “ echoes Hillary’s doubling down on Obama’s already antiquated arrangements. The light is dimming on your political career Hillary.
Why do people read from a journal that is not in touch with reality?
The same Juncker that made these fly over Europe?
“and we all know what happened to the French nobility in 1793.”
Indeed. Dear European leaders, your people HATE you. The smart ones blame you for destroying the country’s culture and traditions. You have let hate filled savages enter your country by the millions and then SIDED with them when they beat, murdered and raped your citizens. You are lucky you will likely only lose your positions, in the past you would have lost your heads.
Saint Crispin’s Day 1415.
Much to the disappointment of his men and prisoners.
Henry elected to eliminate the prisoners($$$), and protect his supplies.
They say the best of France died that day, ~10,000 KIA.
Henry lost 112.
The French declared Henry a war criminal.
The EU would have worked if they stuck to their original mission. Which was to foster a reasonable amount of economic cooperation and trade between sovereign nations. Great idea. Commerce between nations.
BUT THE LIBERAL PARASITES hijacked the EU in Brussels and turned it into some monstrous super-national governing body. Blame this on lazy stupid socialists and feminazi power trips. EU seems to me like Sweden...run by women with a smattering of feminized guys near the top.
Of course the EU nations are to blame some for surrendering rights and governance to the EU in (Muslim attacked) Brussels.
Ever play musical chairs? The last person standing gets to pay off the debts of Greece. The last two standing get to pay off the debts of Greece and Spain. The last three standing get to pay off the debts of Greece, Spain, and Italy.
What's interesting is that I don't hear calls to arms by the remaining EU countries to force Britain to stay in the EU.
What will happen when Texas opts to leave the U.S.? Think it can't happen? It already did once. Will other Americans take up arms to oppose it? If Texas leaves, can Arizona be far behind?
The remaining welfare states will be overwhelmed with the burden of unproductive people.
Perhaps some of this sounds rather fanciful. But did anybody really expect the U.S. to last forever?
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