Here we go again

This blog was started on May 15, 2008, to fight for a more democratic EU and, therefore, against the terms of the pre-constitutional legalistic text called Treaty of Lisbon, with a post containing only this declaration:

The Irish are the voice of all citizens of Europe

(Click on the title to read it in English, or click on the following links to read the same text in other language: português, français, deutsch, nederlands, español.

Sixteen months later, the deafness of our politicians forced many of us back to the fight.

This time, this blog will be used more as a support to others better organized, advertising initiatives and actions, reporting  news and results.

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Who’s in charge here?


US blames Lisbon Treaty for EU summit fiasco

Mr Obama - the Madrid summit decision is being seen as a diplomatic snub to Spain (Photo: whitehouse.gov)

ANDREW RETTMAN

03.02.2010 @ 09:27 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The US State Department has said that President Barack Obama’s decision not to come to an EU summit in Madrid in May is partly due to confusion arising from the Lisbon Treaty.

State department spokesman Philip J. Crowley told press in Washington on Tuesday (2 February) that the treaty has made it unclear who the US leader should meet and when.

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How to Fight the Information War


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When they finally take your country from you,

you still can fight them from the inside of their empire.

Let’s use the prerogative written in the 4th paragraph of the 11th article of the Treaty on European Union, also known as Treaty of Lisbon.

I appeal all my visitors to join their Vote to these Citizen Initiatives (and on those that will hopefully follow), on the site of the (so claimed) First European Civic Movement.

 

(ATTENTION: you can only sign these until the 31 of December.)

I know (we all do, for sure) that this is not going to be an easy fight. Let me tell you the truth: these first attempts will probably fail.

However, do not let yourself be discouraged; do not let yourself be isolated because that’s exactly what they (the non-elected, all-powerful commissionaires of the EU) want.

Spread the word, and in time the number of signatures will be so big that they can no longer afford to ignore it.

Please, be patient and determined.

Note: You can download from here (in several languages and file formats) the Consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union (Treaty of Lisbon) completed with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. 

Year 1 A. F.*

*If you don’t have a clue about the meaning of A. F. you should read this book.
(In case you can’t read the book now, read A. F. as After Freedom)

At midnight last night, we ceased to be an independent state**, bound by international treaties to other independent states, and became instead a subordinate unit within a European state.
Yes, a European state. …
Under the Lisbon Treaty, which came into force today, it acquires “legal personality”, which gives it the right to sign accords and treat with other states. Nor is this right simply theoretical: the EU now has a foreign minister, a diplomatic corps (the European External Action Service) and 160 overseas embassies.
Until yesterday, the EU could not annex additional policy areas without a new treaty, which needed to be ratified by all its constituent nations. Now, it has the so-called “passerelle” clause, or self-amending mechanism. …
It is appalling, demeaning, disgraceful that such a thing should have been done without popular consent, and in the absence of the referendum that all three parties had promised. …
(At midnight last night, the United Kingdom ceased to be a sovereign state, by Daniel Hannan, December 1st, 2009 on Telegraph.co.uk)

**This is true for each and every one of the 27 states of EU, now EF (European Federation).

… Mr Barroso said “… I’m delighted that we now have the right institutions to act, and a period of stability, so that we can focus all our energy on delivering what matters to our citizens***.”
(Lisbon Treaty comes into force, December 1, 2009, IrishTimes.com)

***May God have mercy on us.

The ‘new Europe’ and the European army

As I say from the beginning, the empire can hardly wait to become militarised.

(Como digo desde o início, o império mal pode esperar para se tornar militarizado.)

From The Times
November 17, 2009

Italy’s Foreign Minister says post-Lisbon EU needs a European Army

 

It’s the end?

Klaus welcomes Swedish proposal on treaty stand-off
(Irish Times, Saturday, October 24, 2009)

Czech leader positive on Lisbon
(BBC News, Friday, 23 October 2009)

Czech leader ready to agree to EU changes
(United Press International, Oct. 23, 2009)

UE dá «prendas» ao presidente checo para aprovar o Tratado
(TVI 24, 24-10-2009)

Of the world as we know it? (click on the image to be directed to the video)


 

The last chance to stop the thing

The Lisbon treaty is an undemocratic constitutional instrument that effectively renders every nation state in Europe into a province of the European Union.
By accepting the treaty of Lisbon we collectively surrender the sovereignty and independence, that European nations have fought so hard to achieve.
When Ireland voted ‘No’ they were pressured to vote again, this time returning the ‘Yes’ result that the EU required. The only obstacle to the final ratification of the Lisbon treaty is one man; the Czech president, Vaclav Klaus.
So far he has demonstrated admirable courage and conviction in refusing to sign this treaty - but, following the Irish ‘Yes’ vote, he will be under increasing pressure to ratify it on behalf of the Czech people.
It is vital to lend Mr. Klaus our full support, and to make him aware that we are behind him and that we support his decision not to sign. If he holds out for a few months until the UK Conservative party gain power at the forthcoming general election there is every chance that the British people will insist upon their own referendum.

(Support Vaclav Klaus! Stop the Lisbon Treaty! on Facebook)
 
Sign (and promote) the petition
 
See the site of Kent Ekleroth, the author of the petition.
 

A glimpse on EU people’s Orwellian future

European illuminati illuminated unelected leaders are already preparing some goodies for their serfs citizens.

1.

The European Union is spending tens of millions of euros on an artificial intelligence system known as “Project Indect,” which would draw from multiple data sources, namely public surveillance cameras, in order to detect “threats” and recognize “abnormal behavior” across the whole continent.

Perhaps more chilling, the project promises “continuous monitoring” of “web sites, discussion forums, usenet groups, file servers, p2p networks [and] individual computer systems”. …

(‘Project Indect’: An A.I. to police all of Europe, Stephen C. Webster, Sept. 20, 2009, The Raw Story)

See also here.

2.


A separate EU-funded research project, called Adabts – the Automatic Detection of Abnormal Behaviour and Threats in crowded Spaces – has received nearly £3 million. Its is based in Sweden but partners include the UK Home Office and BAE Systems.
It is seeking to develop models of "suspicious behaviour" so these can be automatically detected using CCTV and other surveillance methods. The system would analyse the pitch of people’s voices, the way their bodies move and track individuals within crowds. …

(EU funding ‘Orwellian’ artificial intelligence plan to monitor public for "abnormal behaviour", Ian Johnston, 19 Sep 2009, Telegraph)

See also here.

3.

The EU Joint Situation Centre (SitCen) monitors and assesses events and situations worldwide on a 24-hour basis with a focus on potential crisis regions, terrorism and WMD-proliferation. The SitCen also provides support to the EU High Representative, Special Representatives and other senior officials, as well as for EU crisis management operations.
The SitCen is divided into three units: the Civilian intelligence Cell (CIC), comprising civilian intelligence analysts working on political and counter-terrorism assessment; the General Operations Unit (GOU), providing 24-hour operational support, research and non-intelligence analysis; and the Communications Unit, handling communications security issues and running the council’s communications centre (ComCen). …

(Written answers and statements, 27 June 2005, SiteCen, UK Parliament, TheyWorkForYou.com)

See also here.

Do you really want to live this way?

Ler em português sobre este assunto aqui.

The last glimmer of hope for democracy in the EU

is now upon this man alone: (click on the image to be directed to the video)

 

Of course, the same "democrats" that broke the will of the Irish people are already dealing with this little annoyance.

Democracy is officially dead in EU

Although there are no official results in yet, tallies everywhere are showing a big increase in support for the Treaty. (…)

(Lisbon tallies indicate massive Yes swing, Saturday, Saturday, 3 October 2009 11:53, RTÉ)

Europe lives now in a modern plutocracy.

Raymond Crotty’s efforts were in vain:

(…) More than 20 years ago the late Raymond Crotty won a case against the Irish Government which meant any EU rules that impacted on Ireland’s constitution must be approved by the people.
Mary Crotty said her father’s win has resulted in less than four million Irish people voting on behalf of half a billion Europeans on the Lisbon Treaty. (…)

(Daughter of referendum case winner urges ‘No’ vote, 30/09/2009 - 16:02:46, IOL News/Ireland On-Line)

On a first impression, the winners of this referendum were these:

(…) Two multinationals - Ryanair and Intel - are spending huge sums on the campaign to encourage a Yes vote. (…) Between them, Ryanair and Intel have contributed €700,000 to the Yes campaign, and huge contributions from Europe are also pouring in. (…)

(Euro federalists bully us and buy our vote, 27 September 2009, by Tom McGurk, Irish Post)

But if you think just a little more carefully, you can find the real winners of this poll:

(…) our consistent message is that Europeans must pool their efforts and resources.  We cannot continue to conduct the business of defence in separate national boxes.  The money is just no longer there, even in the biggest national defence budgets. (…)

(European Defence Industry Must Break Out of "National Boxes", EDA Chief Executive Nick Witney says, 9th International Exhibition of Defence & Security Technologies, IDET 2007)

The European Defence Agency was established in 2004 to create such a stronger European market for defence equipment. (…)

(European Defence Agency, Wikipedia)

(…) While European defence budgets remain fragmented and massive duplication in research and development exists, the European defence industry has made some moves towards consolidation. British Aerospace was widely expected to merge with Germany’s DASA to form the first major European defence giant. Instead in 1999 BAe merged with another British company, GEC’s defence businesses (GEC-Marconi), to form BAE Systems which has tended to focus on the Anglo-American market. As a result, in 2000, DASA merged with Aerospatiale-Matra to form EADS. Further consolidation of the smaller defence firms cannot be ruled out.

In 2002 the formation of MBDA brought together the product portfolios of Aerospatiale Matra Missiles (of EADS), Alenia Marconi Systems missiles, and Matra BAe Dynamics to form Europe’s No. 1 missile manufacturer and No. 2 globally after Raytheon.

Other major players include:
AgustaWestland
BAE Systems
Dassault Aviation
Diehl BGT Defence
Eurocopter
Eurofighter International
Finmeccanica
Krauss-Maffei
MBDA
Rheinmetall
Rolls-Royce
Saab Bofors Dynamics
Snecma
Thales
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems

(European Union defence procurement, Wikipedia)