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Brussels mandarins out of
control
It beggars belief that the unelected bureaucrats have churned out an
astonishing 90,000 pages of directives, regulations and decisions during the
past 50 years. Would this have been possible if the citizens would have had the
opportunity to question and vote on all this legislation?
11-Feb-2008
EU - political cartel fosters
tax cartel
Many Edicts that are issued by the EU commission are subject to approval by
the member states' governments. Most recent example - the plans to
set a minimum tax on Diesel fuel. The present tax commissioner (why
don't they call these unelected officials more appropriately 'Commissar'?)
wants to raise the tax (why don't they ever lower some tax?) to
avoid tax competition between member states. This measure will have
to be approved unanimously by all member states but we can already
guess the outcome.
This one-sided tendency to boost the tax cartel will only be stopped if the
electorate gets the ultimate say on any tax measure - in either a
facultative or mandatory referendum (depending on the importance of
the proposed tax or spending law).
13-Mar-07
EU Fundamental Rights Agency
opened
Another EU employment scheme opens its doors in Vienna.
10-Feb-07
EU - danger to free
speech
A classic example is the proposal by Germany, current holder of
the EU's rotating presidency, to table new legislation to outlaw
'racism and xenophobia'. The fine details of this 'directive' would
add another layer of political and bureaucratic control over free
speech. They also have no relevance with the aim of the EU and
present a blatant effort to extend undemocratic fiat legislation.
2-Feb-07
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Europe - a
dangerous 'Ueberstaat'
Dirdem is a supranational movement and does not like to get
involved in arguments that are only of relevance to specific states
and societies.
We try to promote the idea of direct democracy and use specific
events in individual states as examples in order to illustrate how
the practical application of the principles of direct democracy
might work.
In the case of the European Union, however, we take a more hard-line
approach. The European Union is used as a Trojan Horse by any number
of special interests that may not be able to impose their vision or
policy on their domestic electorate.
The EU provides an ideal climate for the uncontrolled imposition of
laws that would never get majority support if they would have to be
approved in a referendum.
Most edicts issued by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels have no
connection whatsoever with the original purpose of the EU, i.e. the
provision of a zone of unhampered economic exchange. |