Mark Steyn: Vote 'No' for a federal Europe

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 06/22/04 | Mark Steyn

[Pokey78]

[Starve The Beast]

I want to be reincarnated as Mark Steyn.

[Dog Gone]

This should be required reading for every resident of the UK.

[nothingnew]

Thanks much for the "q"less post.

Yo! eurotwit. Here ya go.

FMCDH(BITS)

[river rat]

Rule of thumb factoid....

If France is in favor of any measure.....
It is bad for you.....

Semper Fi

[RobFromGa]

PERFECTEMUNDO!

[Tacis]

But, the new federation will have a bureaucracy measured in millions of governmental employees. The easy living, great pay, greater benefits and bribes beyond belief for those English speakers must be tempting. Or, at least, tempting until the federation decides that there are simply too many official languages and trims English from the list.

[July 4th]

Awesome.

[rudypoot]

thanks pokey78

[NathanR]

But, the new federation will have a bureaucracy measured in millions of governmental employees. The easy living, great pay, greater benefits and bribes beyond belief for those English speakers must be tempting. Or, at least, tempting until the federation decides that there are simply too many official languages and trims English from the list.

WAY TOO FUNNEY. LOL.

[Alia]

It's not the British people but their EUtopian elites who are deeply ignorant - of comparative data, historical precedent and basic arithmetic. The reality for Britain in Europe is simple: united we'll fall, divided we might stand a sporting chance.

Mark Steyn is absolutely right. Socialists of the world thrill to see the fall of the US, the fall of England, and the fall of Israel. What will take place then? "Global control". And the major, ugly, noncivil squabbling will begin. All arsenal kept carefully hidden will out under this "socialist" regime. There are those who refuse to actually do a day's work -- and these wish to be living off the gratis of the working. Permanently. I do not wish to see England fall.

[45Auto]

"if America were as centrally governed as France, it would break up"

And, that, in a nutshell, is precisely what is going to happen: not too many years down the road, the "new, improved,centralized" Europe will be headed for massive civil unrest and possibly, a new "set" of regional conflicts.

[Renfield]

"Monsieur du Plicitous"

LMAO!!!!!!

I can't stand it!!

[Flashman_at_the_charge]

Anyone who wants to see the absurdity of the EU should check out the following links.

Grocer fights metric laws
Grocer loses metric battle

[You Dirty Rats]

Ivan, I always thought that Britain's (or England's) cardinal rule of foreign policy for centuries was to prevent any single power from dominating the continent. Doesn't the EU qualify?

I find it interesting and not at all coincidental that two of the four nations Mark lists as rich and over 1 million population are European nations outside the EU! How is this possible? Aren't European nations outside the EU doomed?

[alwaysconservative]

Thank you, thank you for the ping-ping!

[mylife]

the idea of a federated europe is would work if the french,belgians and germans didnt demand to be in control.

lets hope they continue being so greedy, I have no wish for europe to rise.

The EU will tend to be doomed by the same greedy nationalism that has always kept europe at odds

[Martin Tell]

...until the federation decides that there are simply too many official languages and trims English from the list.

It's very unlikely that will happen, however. With the recent expansion, English is even more dominant in EU institutions than it was before. Poles, Estonians, Slovaks, etc are not to keen to speak either French or German, especially given the unlikelihood of French or Germans speaking their language. Some parts of the EU Commission attempt to enforce French speaking, but I understand these regimes never succeed (the French blame America of course).

You are spot on, however, about the easy Eurocrat life. There was a recent expose about waste in the EU Parliament. This could help explain the recent gains of the Euroskeptics in the EU Parliament elections.

[Martin Tell]

that two of the four nations Mark lists as rich and over 1 million population are European nations outside the EU!

Norway does, however, conform to all EU law and rules since it is a member of the EEA (European Economic Area). Therefore, Norway has to follow all the rules, without any representation in the EU. Their choice.