It was reported today that a secret memo from EU President Herman Van Rompuy is advocating European Union control over the individual national economies: The new President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, is using the financial crisis sweeping the eurozone to launch an audacious grab for power over national budgets, leaked documents reveal. The Independent has seen a secret annexe to the letter being sent by Mr Van Rompuy to European Union heads of government inviting them to the summit to be held tomorrow in Brussels. In an early and muscular assertion of authority over national governments and over the EU Commission, the Van Rompuy note states: “Members of the European Council are responsible for the economic strategy in their government. They should do the same at EU level. Whether it is called co-ordination of policies or economic government, only the European Council is capable of delivering and sustaining a common European strategy for more growth and more jobs.” Mr Van Rompuy states that “the crisis has revealed our weaknesses”, adding: “Budgetary plans, structural reform programmes and climate change reporting should be presented simultaneously to the Commission [his italics]. This will provide a comprehensive overview.” An EU source explained: “It has become clear to everyone that this economic crisis can’t be solved by individual member states, such as Germany helping out Greece. What we need is the same kind of mechanism that we have now imposed on Greece in order to monitor and survey eurozone countries. So the idea is to put all European economies under surveillance. You can expect some important decisions to be taken this week.” In a highly unusual move, the president of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, has broken off from a meeting of central bank governors in Sydney to return to Europe. Pressure on the euro eased, on hopes that the presence of the EU’s senior economic policymaker would appease the markets. Rumours that the French and German governments are ready to bail out Greece have been rife. The Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy tomorrow. …The concern being felt in the highest circles of the EU about the “contagion” sweeping through Greece, Spain and Portugal is also clearly displayed in Mr Van Rompuy’s confidential note: “The crisis has revealed our weaknesses. Our structural growth rate is too low to create new jobs and to sustain our social systems.”…Mr Van Rompuy goes on: “Recent developments in the euro area highlight the urgent need to strengthen our economic governance. In our intertwined economies, our reforms must be co-ordinated to maximise their effect.” The European Stability and Growth Pact and the Maastricht Treaty were designed to prevent the sort of fiscal crisis that the eurozone is currently experiencing. Bailouts were ruled out as the treaty made it illegal for any nation to assume the debts of another… The financial crisis comes as the EU’s three presidents jockey for position. Mr Van Rompuy is permanent President of the European Council (the job once thought tailor-made for Tony Blair), while the Spanish premier, José Zapatero, is the President of the Council of the European Union and José Manuel Barroso is President of the European Commission. President Barack Obama recently snubbed a proposed spring EU-US summit out of frustration at having to deal with the confusing troika. The summit will be held away from the usual redoubts of the Euro bureaucracy, in Brussels’ Solvay library. “Van Rompuy wanted to create a far more intimate atmosphere without an army of advisers,” a source said. “There are a lot of tensions between member states right now, which he is why he decided to get them to talk in an open, friendly setting, starting with aperitifs. The idea is to have a proper brainstorming session and hear everyone’s thoughts.” This plan should not be a surprise to the readers of the COGwriter news page as I have been stating for many months that the signing of the Lisbon Treaty meant that all 27 nations of the EU had voluntarily surrendered their sovereignty. And in a crisis, more sovereignty tends to be lost as well. Thus, since the EU is essentially the largest peacefully formed empire of all time, it makes sense that its president would want an EU-wide solution. But caution is advised. Even though the EU is more and more starting to act like it is a unified empire, Bible prophecy suggests that its unification will always be a bit fragile: 41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. 43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. 44 And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. (Daniel 2:41-44) And even though its union will be fragile, the EU is taking steps to tell the individual European nations, and the outside world, that it intends to start acting like a unified political entity. And Bible prophecy indicates it will become a powerful force (Revelation 13:3-4)–though it will only last a relatively few years. Some articles of possibly related interest may include:EU President’s Secret Plan to Control European Economy
Herman Van Rompuy
Thursday 11 February 2010
EU President’s secret bid for economic power
The Independent, UK – Feb 10, 2010
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