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Thursday, March 09, 2006

ANOTHER SANE VOICE FROM NEW EUROPE WARNS OLD EUROPE ABOUT THE EU

The Czech President said that he has serious “doubts about the EU’s ever-closer future.” It is striking to see that he shares these doubts with other former East European dissidents, such as Vladimir Bukovsky, who was in Brussels last month to warn against the transformation of the EU into a new Soviet Union, an “EUSSR.”

Mr Klaus explained to his Luxemburg audience:
The reason why my way of looking at the European integration process is somewhat different is probably connected with my (and our) historic memory, with my (and our) specific experience, especially with experience of the Communist era. This determines my attitude to many issues. ...We should make our society free, democratic and prosperous. It will not be achieved by democratic deficit, by supranationalism, by etatism, by an increase in legislating, monitoring, and regulating.
MORE ON THIS TOPIC HERE: Former Soviet Dissident Warns for EU Dictatorship, 27 February 2006
He's right. And Rasmussen and Sarkozy and Merkel are listening. But can they save Europe? I dunno - demographics seem to suggest that it might be too late...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm happy to see some sane voices from Europe speaking up. However, for old Europe, I fear it is to late. Socialists simply will not take the required action to save the "group" since it will hurt them individually. Cut back benifits? Why, I might have to take less vacation next year, or, gasp, have a job.