EU Officials To Unveil 'Ultimatum' Blueprint As Final Solution For European Super-State
by Tyler Durden
Jun 27, 2016 11:20 PM
It
appears The Brits may have dodged more than a bullet in their decision
to leave The EU. The foreign ministers of France and Germany are reportedly due to reveal a blueprint to effectively do away with individual member states in what is being described as an "ultimatum." As The Express
reports, the shockingly predictable final solution to Europe's
Brexit-driven existential crisis is an apparently long-held plan to morph the continent’s countries into one giant superstate. The radical proposals mean EU countries will
lose the right to have their own army, criminal law, taxation system or
central bank, with all those powers being transferred to Brussels. According to the Daily Express, the nine-page report has "outraged" some EU leaders.
The plans for 'a closer European Union' have been branded an attempt to create a 'European superstate', as The Daily Mail reports,
Germany's
foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart
Jean-Marc Ayrault today presented a proposal for closer EU integration
based on three key areas - internal and external security, the migrant
crisis, and economic cooperation.
But
the plans have been described as an 'ultimatum' in Poland, with claims
it would mean countries transfer their armies, economic systems and
border controls to the EU.
Controversially
member states would also lose what few controls they have left over
their own borders, including the procedure for admitting and relocating
refugees.
The Express reports that
the plot has sparked fury and panic in Poland - a traditional ally of
Britain in the fight against federalism - after being leaked to Polish
news channel TVP Info.
The
public broadcaster reports that the bombshell proposal will be
presented to a meeting of the Visegrad group of countries - made up of
Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia - by German Foreign
Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier later today.
Excerpts
of the nine-page report were published today as the leaders of Germany,
France and Italy met in Berlin for Brexit crisis talks.
In the preamble to the text the two ministers write: "Our
countries share a common destiny and a common set of values ??that give
rise to an even closer union between our citizens. We will therefore
strive for a political union in Europe and invite the next Europeans to
participate in this venture."
Responding
to the plot Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski raged: "This
is not a good solution, of course, because from the time the EU was
invented a lot has changed.
“The
mood in European societies is different. Europe and our voters do not
want to give the Union over into the hands of technocrats.
“Therefore, I want to talk about this, whether this really is the right recipe right now in the context of a Brexit."
There are deep divides at the heart of the EU at the moment over how to proceed with the project in light of the Brexit vote.
Some
figures have cautioned against trying to force through further
political integration, warning that to do so against the wishes of the
European people will only fuel further Eurosceptic feeling.
Czech minister Lubomír Zaorálek added that the four eastern members had reservations about the proposed common security policy.
Meanwhile
Lorenzo Condign, the former director general of Italy’s treasury, has
said it is nearly impossible to see Europe opting for more integration
at such a time of upheaval.
He said:
“It seems difficult to imagine that the rest of the EU will close ranks
and move in the direction of greater integration quickly. Simply, there
is no political will.
“Indeed,
the risk is exactly the opposite - namely that centrifugal forces will
prevail and make integration even more difficult.”
It seems the infamous phrase "never let a crisis go to waste" has not been lost on EU officialdom.
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