Posted on 05/01/2017 7:44:22 AM PDT by Michael van der Galien
Last year, both British and Dutch voters used referendums to make their thoughts clear on the European Union: they are fed up with it. In the United Kingdom, Brits voted in favor of Brexit, while Dutch voters shot down the European association agreement with Ukraine (which was consequently pushed through by the European overlords regardless).
In both cases, voters expressed their growing discontent with the power-hungry technocrats in charge of the Grand European Project™.
This eurosceptic movement has now spread to France. That's not just clear from Marine Le Pen's success in the first round of the French presidential elections, but also from Emmanuel Macron's recent flip-flopping. You see, the man who's known as the most europhile politician in France is suddenly becoming critical of the entire project:
VIDEO
"I am pro-European," Macron recently said at a campaign stop. "I defended constantly during this election, the European idea, the European policies, and so on. Because I do believe it's extremely important for French people and for the place of our country in globalisation."
Those are the usual europhile sentiments from Mr. Europe, but he wasn't done yet:
"The question is that you have almost half of this country angry with the European idea and with a lack of satisfaction vis-a-vis what we decided ten years ago and the recent years."
What's that? Is that actual criticism of the EU?
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
The EU could have followed the example of the most successful country that ever existed and created “The United States of Europe” based on the ORIGINAL US constitution, and things would have been pretty good, I bet.
She might be in better shape than many think.
LePen gonna win.
Oedipus Macron isn’t fooling anybody ...
The EU is an echo of Napoleon’s Continental System. It will fail for the sMe reasons.
Minions?
;-)
Both candidates in this election are tacking towards the center. It’s pretty safe to say that like David Cameron, Macron will not ultimately support leaving the EU even if he can’t get any reforms going.
Macron has been an unreserved and unconditional cheerleader for the EU since they put him in this election. He’s not had a single bad word to say about it.
For him to now try this type of rhetorical subterfuge is not merely hypocrisy. It’s a complete disgrace.
Don’t hold your breath for EU reform.
Don’t hold your breath for EU reform.
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