The prison of peoples

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

The prison of peoples

Marine Le Pen writes a powerful argument for nationalism and the end of the EU in the New York Times:

   The European Union has become a prison of peoples. Each of the 28 countries that constitute it has slowly lost its democratic prerogatives to commissions and councils with no popular mandate. Every nation in the union has had to apply laws it did not want for itself. Member nations no longer determine their own budgets. They are called upon to open their borders against their will.

   Countries in the eurozone face an even less enviable situation. In the name of ideology, different economies are forced to adopt the same currency, even if doing so bleeds them dry. It’s a modern version of the Procrustean bed, and the people no longer have a say.

   And what about the European Parliament? It’s democratic in appearance only, because it’s based on a lie: the pretense that there is a homogeneous European people, and that a Polish member of the European Parliament has the legitimacy to make law for the Spanish. We have tried to deny the existence of sovereign nations. It’s only natural that they would not allow being denied.

   Brexit wasn’t the European people’s first cry of revolt. In 2005, France and the Netherlands held referendums about the proposed European Union constitution. In both countries, opposition was massive, and other governments decided on the spot to halt the experiment for fear the contagion might spread. A few years later, the European Union constitution was forced on the people of Europe anyway, under the guise of the Lisbon Treaty. In 2008, Ireland, also by way of referendum, refused to apply that treaty. And once again, a popular decision was brushed aside.

   When in 2015 Greece decided by referendum to reject Brussels’ austerity plans, the European Union’s antidemocratic response took no one by surprise: To deny the people’s will had become a habit. In a flash of honesty, the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, unabashedly declared, “There can be no democratic choice against the European treaties.”

   Brexit may not have been the first cry of hope, but it may be the people’s first real victory.

With eloquent nationalist leaders like her, Viktor Orban, and Matteo Salvini, among others there is reason to believe it will not be the last one. The EU is immoral, unnatural, anti-democratic, and evil. The sooner it collapses, the better off everyone will be.

The globalists are the Nazis of the 30s and 40s and the Communists of the Cold War. They are the enemy of Man. As Le Pen aptly notes, "more and more, the destiny of the European Union resembles the destiny of the Soviet Union, which died from its own contradictions."

Labels: EU

posted by VD @ 6/29/2016 02:29:00 AM
76 Comments:

1.  A Paradigm Is More Than Twenty Cents June 29, 2016 2:40 AM

   “Procrustean bed” applies to more than the Euro currency, it applies to the entire EU project. All local laws and customs, all national uniqueness must be flattened to make way for the New European Person, an entity rather like the New Soviet Man but updated.

   “One size fits all, or we make it fit!”

   What’s in Merkel’s STASI file? I used to think she was being blackmailed by the like of Soros, but now I’m wondering if she wasn’t some Hero of the DDR.

   If the EU built a wall around itself, it would be to keep countries from leaving while at the same time letting as many Jihadis and Africans in as possible. Population replacement without question is ongoing, and without question is is evil.
2.  Mother Effingby June 29, 2016 3:01 AM

   It was the Nazi goal, believing it would win the war, to establish a European Economic Union. In this regard , the EEU is the 5th Reich.
3.  EscapeVelocity June 29, 2016 3:08 AM

   The Lisbon Treaty is an abomination.
4.  EscapeVelocity June 29, 2016 3:10 AM

   BTW, Marine Le Pen has been a fantastic leader of teh Front National...and I can whole heartedly support her as the French version of Nationalist sentiment.
5.  Eric the Red June 29, 2016 3:16 AM

   @2 Mother Effingby...
   I wish I had thought of it first, but some anonymous Pole should be given credit:

   EU Macht Frei !
6.  rho June 29, 2016 3:18 AM

   Dear European Union,

   Here in the United States, we can hardly make Auburn and Alabama fans get along. You're not going to do better with 28 cultures. Importing more cultures will not help.

   That said, we do like the Euro because it compresses your goofy football economic politics into a comprehensible metric we can follow.

   Love,
   America
7.  Charlie Baud June 29, 2016 3:21 AM

   Le Pen is a joke. She turned the FN into a watered-down, pro-abortion, kosher nationalist party to appeal to Jews and liberals and had the nerve to betray her father.
8.  Jack Amok June 29, 2016 3:39 AM

   `June 29, 2016 3:01 AM
   It was the Nazi goal, believing it would win the war, to establish a European Economic Union. In this regard , the EEU is the 5th Reich.

   Huh? I thought the EU was the 4th Reich. Did the Germans rise and fall again like an under-whipped soufflé when I wasn't watching?
9.  James Higham June 29, 2016 4:34 AM

   Good value, Marine. Let's hope she can kick off a second French referendum.
10.  Human Animal June 29, 2016 4:40 AM

   The EU is immoral, unnatural, anti-democratic, and evil.

   I don't understand. Are you trying to say you hate brown people? Xenophobes use the strangest words...

   "Evil." Lol
11.  synp June 29, 2016 4:42 AM

   I wonder if those Europeans who advocate a "United States of Europe" realize how badly the United States of America is working for large parts of the country. The economic union within the US is working very well for New York, Massachusetts, and parts of California, just as the EU works well for Germany. The states in the south and mid-west are forever poor. Why? Because of the monetary policy being set in New York and Washington according to the needs of New York which just so happen to fit the needs of parts of California.

   Of course you don't see many US states trying to leave. First, at least in the past the Federal government proved itself willing to go to civil war over this. Second, small states like Idaho or Utah would be hard-pressed to go it alone. There is one state that is screwed by the system but is rich enough to go it alone: Texas. Indeed that's the one state where you'll see bumper stickers on cars advocating "US out of Texas".

   Perhaps England is the Texas of Europe.