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what will be interesting is whether the EU will let France have their elections
The_White_Horse
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as apparantly the socialist party (who will probably win) do not like what Sarkozy is signing them up to.
Who will win, the French or the unstoppable EU Juggernaut?
Who will win, the French or the unstoppable EU Juggernaut?
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There is no way that the EU will interfere with national elections (but how much power the president or government of individual nations will have is another matter).The_White_Horse wrote: »as apparantly the socialist party (who will probably win) do not like what Sarkozy is signing them up to.
Who will win, the French or the unstoppable EU Juggernaut?
Given your signature it is interesting that you see the socialists as being a win for the French.
Power to the people comrade White Horse."When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson0 -
the EU does not like democracy if it might infringe on the EU juggernaut. They replaced the Greek and Italian govts, they stopped Ireland having an election.
they are no good. they are to democracy what brown was to prudence.0 -
Which is why they're so chuffed with the intergovernmental pact. What if Cameron has said "I will put your treaty changes to a referendum of British voters, who will reject them"? Why didn't he?The_White_Horse wrote: »the EU does not like democracy if it might infringe on the EU juggernaut."It will take, five, 10, 15 years to get back to where we need to be. But it's no longer the individual banks that are in the wrong, it's the banking industry as a whole." - Steven Cooper, head of personal and business banking at Barclays, talking to Martin Lewis0 -
MacMickster wrote: »There is no way that the EU will interfere with national elections (but how much power the president or government of individual nations will have is another matter).
We already have an unelected government in Italy and in Greece. I guess they haven't interfered with elections because they didn't have any.0
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