tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post506940250523418569..comments2023-09-28T12:28:57.598+03:00Comments on Grahnlaw: EU citizens and leaders: Democratic choice?Ralf Grahn http://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-19699060352086616882008-01-17T07:56:00.000+02:002008-01-17T07:56:00.000+02:00There are, in my view, convincing reasons for the ...There are, in my view, convincing reasons for the European Union: the security and the prosperity of its citizens in a globalising world. <BR/><BR/>I have presented these reasons in a number of previous posts. <BR/><BR/>But the European Union, under the present treaties as well as the amendments brought by the Treaty of Lisbon, is still a proto-democratic entity in need of future reform. <BR/><BR/>But do not believe that the elections to the European Parliament would have failed to be free and fair. <BR/><BR/>Many of the present policies of the EU need to be improved in order to shape a more 'global Europe'. <BR/><BR/>While the member states pool resources in crucial areas, they remain important in most fields close to their citizens.Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-17181450225730087582008-01-16T18:06:00.000+02:002008-01-16T18:06:00.000+02:00If the EU was founded on the principles that you m...If the EU was founded on the principles that you mentioned, why was it necessary for the EU to exist anyway? Prior to joining the EU, each sovereign nation had its own constitutions and so forth.<BR/><BR/>The power brokers behind the EU brought it to be by creating an entity that did not answer to the sovereign nations, bribed politicians of those sovereign nations and strong armed nations in converting to the Euro. <BR/><BR/>Voting, in itself, does not constitute a democratic society. History is littered with despot governments (e.g. Germany, Russia, Venezuela) that held elections and corrupted the outcomes to suit. their own purposes.<BR/><BR/>The EU is a superstate whose tentacles will squeeze the liberty from its citizens and replace it totalitarianism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com