British Money Will Fund Mediterranean Assembly
A Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly is in the pipeline. Having been confirmed by an EU summit meeting in Paris in July, the European Parliament�s Constitutional Affairs Committee was asked last week (7th October) to approve the detail.
Amongst other things, the Assembly will focus on large-scale local projects, strengthen local development (whatever that means), share security with Arab countries (a contradiction in itself) and pursue a series of social engineering projects around the Mediterranean.
I admit to being astounded by the scale of what is being planned. My reaction was to point out that this was a highly divisive move. Amongst other things, I told the committee: “If sovereign nations want to work together in their mutual self-interest that is their business. But to do so in the context of the EU is highly divisive. Maybe I should support this project for that reason alone.
“What do you think would be the reaction if the Baltic States and the Scandinavians tried to do the same? There would be uproar.?
Carlos Carnero, a Spanish socialist substitute member of the committee said at the end of the debate: “The more we spend on this the better.? Of course, when you know much of it will come from British taxpayers.
They claim diversity…impose standardisation…and then come up with projects like this. It�s crazy.
The sooner we get out the better.
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