Europe loses seat at top table
In Washington they're not sure who's in charge. In Brussels they're squabbling. Ian Traynor reports on the EU's crisis of confidence
Ian Traynor
guardian.co.uk, Monday 8 February 2010 23.50 GMT
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Europe will find that the only way they can effectively get things done is to surrender their sovereignty to one, a virtual dictatorship by consent, rather than diffuse their power and weaken their positions by constant squabbles and abuses of democracy. Are they willing to take that risk?
Europe has flirted with intoxicating ideas of becoming an empire with its own emperor - the final revival of the unholy Roman Empire of the German Nation - but are shy in going all the way. Will Germany and the Vatican offer Europe attractive incentives to seduce them to let them have their way or threaten them if they continue to hesitate?
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Europe's New Crusade
Europe agrees to recognize Palestinian state
Resolution to be voted on next week calls for full division of Jerusalem, approves of unilateral Palestinian declaration of independence more»
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Divide and conquer. The German-Jesuit EU will occupy Jerusalem and brutally betray and slaughter both Arabs and Jews.
Europe's New Crusade
Warning Jews
Pope's Evil Eye on Jerusalem!
Christian-Zionist Response to Shimon Peres' AIPAC speech
Resolution to be voted on next week calls for full division of Jerusalem, approves of unilateral Palestinian declaration of independence more»
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Divide and conquer. The German-Jesuit EU will occupy Jerusalem and brutally betray and slaughter both Arabs and Jews.
Europe's New Crusade
Warning Jews
Pope's Evil Eye on Jerusalem!
Christian-Zionist Response to Shimon Peres' AIPAC speech
Sunday, November 08, 2009
The EU is a German Ruse
Bill Cash, MP, questions The German Question [The European Journal, April 2007] "of what and where is Europe?" when "Germany has not even established her own national identity, which remains strikingly unstable even after reunification... let alone found a directing principle which can hold the ramshackle European Union together...".
Mr. Cash proceeds to warn: "Without radical change, the evolution of the EU would lead to a German Europe." He then proposes, challenging German ambitions: "The institutions and treaties reasoned under the terms of the Franco–German partnership need to be unravelled and renegotiated to support a simpler and freer association of nation states with national referendums on all existing treaties. A democratic answer to the German Question at last."
The Germans have created and tolerated the charade of the EU. They have never intended to share power with untermenschen nations but have planned to methodically impose Germany's will, however slowly but surely, upon the continent by stealth.
Even as the irascible Nazi-Muslims, the "Palestinians" - German agents of genocide against the Jews by proxy - patiently pursue their phased destruction of Israel (with collaboration from its purchased oligarchy), Germany will dispense of democracy as soon as it has served its purpose, outlived its exploitation, even as Adolf Hitler did once he consolidated power to himself. The world is in for a rude awakening: The EU is a German ruse.
What will enable Germany to reveal their true colors? To exercise complete dominance over Europe? To gain the consent of the continent to be placed under total German control? An unprecedented crisis of sorts. Will Iran offer Germany this opportunity?
Will Germany find itself fulfilled in its mission from God to save Europe by restoring the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation"? Will the Vatican offer Germany this meaning and purpose and direction it presently lacks - at least publicly? Will the pope strongly promote Germany to rescue the world from Islam, by any means necessary, and get the masses eating out of his hand? Will The Atlantic Times address the German threat or leave it to others to lead?
The German question demands a German answer, and such an answer is destined to take the world by surprise. The United States as world leader is history. Providence has so decreed Germany rules. Will Germany get it right this time? Or will the German-Jesuits require humbling by Asian instruments? And will all mankind demand divine deliverance?
David Ben-Ariel is a Christian-Zionist writer and author of Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Fascist EU
MEPs boo call for free speech and EU debate
By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels at Feb 19, 2009
Imagine a boiling pot with a frog in it, and the pot is marked "EU" and the frog's back bears the name "Sovereignty" and the fire under the pot is "Fascism" and within the rising steam from the boiling pot are ghostly words like "Freedom of Speech," "Freedom of Religion," and "Independence"... and you get the picture of what is going on.
The EU is a German Ruse
Germany Behind the Mask
Europe's Bitter Roots
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Monday, December 22, 2008
“The United States of Europe”
“The United States of Europe”
December 22, 2008 From theTrumpet.com
Welcome to the king of the north. By Philip Nice
BERLIN—Before you know it, you’re here. Drive yourself up the ramp of a Dover-Dunkirk ferry, disembark onto E-40 eastbound, and a few hours later, you’ll pass Otto-von-Bismarck-Allee, looking out the window at the thick woods of the majestic Tiergarten. Take a right on Wilhelmstraße, and another on Unter den Linden, and now you’re staring 50 feet up at the magnificent Brandenburg Gate.
It takes more time to drive from New York to Cincinnati than it does to go from England to the heart of Europe, and that’s counting the two-hour ferry ride. Riding by rail through the Chunnel to Berlin’s brand-new Hauptbanhof station, you’ll arrive in the German capital even quicker.
And you will have had almost no idea that you just traveled through four completely separate sovereign nations. It feels about as extraordinary as driving from Oklahoma to Indiana.
Because this isn’t just Europe. This is the United States of Europe.
The History of War
First-time visitors to the Continent often expect much more of a distinction from country to country. After all, these are completely separate nations with their own borders, citizens, laws and governments. More than that, these aren’t new kids on the historical block like Australia or Canada or the States. Each of Europe’s proud states has its own extensive historical root system with its own stately history branching into its own long traditions and ingrained inside its own unique language.
Rubbing these contrasting cultures against each other for the past 22 centuries has kindled more than a little friction—it has ignited more wars than there are decades of European history. The Continent has been blasted and bloodied in wars—some of which lasted for decades—literally dozens of times: England vs. France, Spain vs. England, France vs. Spain, England and France vs. Germany, England and Germany vs. France, Italy vs. Austria, the Netherlands vs. Spain, Germany vs. Sweden, Germany vs. all comers, ad infinitum. The history of Europe and the history of war are virtually indistinguishable.
So, you may expect separation, delineation, reservation. And, of course, much of that remains, particularly in the cultural sphere. But especially since the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, fragmented, wall-building Europe has merged into something much different.
Europe is changing.
Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Borders
If you are going to Europe, your passport will be stamped a grand total of about once. Once you’re in, you’re in. Driving through the Continent, you may be shocked to see how many of these former borders between nations have become porous—literally.
If you are traveling the Continent by car, you experience a different sensation driving off the ferry in Dunkirk than you did driving on. The difference is perceptible; you are in France now. But what might surprise you is what happens when you cross the border from France to Belgium. Nothing. You experience the same remarkably unremarkable occurrence when you pass from Belgium to the Netherlands—or the Netherlands to Germany—or Germany to Austria.
In fact, you almost certainly will not realize that you have passed into a completely new country until well after the fact. There are no border crossings. No passport checks. No customs. No stopping. In fact, it’s hard to notice any prominent signs—even on major interstate highways like the A-21 and A-40—informing you, “Welkom in Nederland” or “Wilkommen in Deutschland.” There’s more of a distinction driving from state to state in the U.S. than there is crossing the border from country to country here. You just zoom right through.
To travel European highways is to join a homogeneous mix of commercial vehicles, traveling businessmen, family vans, tourist buses and other cars from dozens of different countries crisscrossing borders without even easing off the accelerator. Trucks and vans bear company names in three or four different languages and carry multiple registrations. Passing the familiar white oval bumper stickers of PL for Poland, D for Germany, BE for Belgium, H for Hungary—all in one day—in France is about as remarkable as seeing out-of-state tags in the States.
It’s not so much that you’ve arrived in France as you’ve arrived in Europe.
Currency
Traveling throughout Europe prior to 1990, a Dutchman meeting contacts in Poland, Spain, Italy and elsewhere had to gear down for a number of border crossings to fish out his documentation as he reached across several plastic baggies of petty cash: one each for gilders, lire, marks, assorted francs and other currencies.
Inside today’s pan-European Schengen Zone, not only are those border crossings long gone, so are the baggies.
Currency symbolizes sovereignty. It is one of the main features of a sovereign state. In addition to traveling, one thing you do daily is use money. Whether you’re behind the helm of a gigantic hedge fund or a grocery cart, money is intrinsic to daily life. Currency unifies and identifies a country. And before 2002, you talked in terms of gilders if you’re Dutch, lire if you’re Italian, schillings if you’re Austrian or escudos if you’re Portuguese—each coin of which is imprinted with your culture, your leaders, your history, your identity.
No more. Today, wherever you go in Europe, you talk in euros.
The bill in your hand could be Slovenia or Finland, Greece or Luxembourg—it doesn’t matter; just so long as it’s European. Because, after all, when it comes to the all-important world of money, you’re not so much a Slav or a Finn as you are a European.
Beyond the everyday, real-world impact a united currency has on the average European, it also requires closer cooperation between member states for the sake of the Continent’s economy. “The euro, a symbol of European identity, is one of the strongest tangible symbols of European integration,” the European Commission says, adding that implementation of the single currency was “not only an economic decision; it was also a political commitment by the EU member states to work together.” A united currency also means more cross-border trade, and smoother investment and lending within Europe—less time and money lost in translation.
What a Superstate Looks Like
Not only are the geographic, societal and financial transitions of driving between nation-states comparatively seamless, but whether you speak German, Dutch or French, everyone from the business executive in the queue behind you to the petrol clerk in front is likely to understand. Most Europeans speak three or four languages, another factor that is helping modern Europe solidify.
Although each culture absolutely displays profound individuality—the aspiration of the French, the heartiness of the Swedes, the passion of the Italians, the proficiency of the Germans—Europe’s distinct societies still share core similarities. As a whole, European culture is unified in its values of refinement, sophistication and—thanks to the historic dominance of the Frankish, Romish and Germanic cultures—perceived entitlement to lead the world. The leading nations of Europe also have a different worldview than those across the Atlantic, being less obsessed with things like freedom, democracy, deregulation and excess. The European Union has also been largely unified in its overall opposition to the United States—particularly regarding today’s economic crises—and its desire for a greater world political role for itself.
Further behind the scenes, European countries are already cinched together with tightly bound cross-border trade, business and investment ties, the basis for political union and superstate status. Trade is, after all, how European integration began: first with the European Coal and Steel Community, then the European Economic Community and now the European Union. Whether the name changes or not, the next step is clear: a federal superstate.
But a superstate would require its own citizens, borders, government and law—right? It would need its own constitution, its own citizens, its own president, its own foreign-policy diplomats, superiority to its member states and those member states surrendering their sovereignty—right?
Right.
And that is exactly what has happened. Besides integrated borders, a common currency and tight trade ties, the European Union already has almost all the final remaining instruments of assimilation ready to operate. The Lisbon Treaty:
*Changes the EU’s legal form from a group to an official state
*Outlines the primacy of EU laws over member states’ laws
*Empowers the EU to act as a state separate from and superior to its member states
*Subordinates national parliaments to the superstate
*Institutes its own president to preside while other national leaders come and go
*Creates a de facto foreign ministry to represent Europe to the world.
*Establishes each nation’s citizens as European citizens
*Defines its citizens’ civil rights
The superstate is ALREADY HERE!
When Lisbon zigzags its way around popular opinion and rolls to a very undemocratic ratification by member states, it will become the constitution of Europe. And the Continent will be even less the fractured, warring patchwork of variegated sovereign states it once was, and much more the imperial federal superstate it is about to become—and, in many ways, already is.
Of course, many of the centuries-old heterogeneous distinctions and disparities remain. The differences between a Swede, a Slovene and a German are certainly more pronounced than the differences between an Oklahoman, a New Yorker and an Arizonan. But this centuries-old Continent has already found itself coming together over the most important issues—the essential structural components that can fasten it together as a superstate—and the remaining beams and loose bolts required to lock it into place are spinning tighter right now.
This doesn’t even include the soldering effect religion will have in fusing this continent together for one last crusade. This is not your father’s Europe. This is the new European superstate.
All the pieces are in place for Europe to unify, and some of them have already been welded together. The rest of the machine will be forged in a matter of years, if not months. Today’s Europe is not a union, a confederacy, a coalition or a treaty of sovereign states. It’s one. It’s a resurrected superstate.
The late commentator Herbert Armstrong originally described Europe’s future dead-on in February 1949—it took four words. It is the “United States of Europe.” •
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Bible Prophecy States EU to Form Core Group
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Bavarian Pope to Sweep Europe Off its Feet?
Is a World Dictator About to Appear?
Will The Atlantic Times address the German threat?
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Open Europe press summary: 3 December 2008
Europe
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Trade unions unite with employers in mass protest against EU climate package
AFP reports that over 10,000 metal workers protested in Brussels yesterday over the controversial EU climate package - currently under negotiation - which they fear will damage their industry.
The European Metalworkers' Federation criticised in particular the EU's plan to force European heavy industry to pay for emissions permits from 2013, saying the proposal "endangers production and jobs in the steel and non-ferrous metal sectors". European producers "are confronted with increasing international competition from producers who do not meet European norms and are not subject to emissions restrictions," the federation said in a statement.
Environmental NGO WWF however accused the trade unions of being misled by their employers. "The steel trade unions tend to follow their employers, taking whatever line their industry tells them", according to spokesman Sanjeev Kumar quoted on EUobserver.
UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson will today set out plans for a new age of "industrial activism" when he gives the annual Hugo Young memorial lecture, according to the Guardian.Guardian EUobserver Mail Standaard Xinhua AP AFP Reuters GAO report Guardian 2 Guardian 3
EU Commission spends 100,000 euros of taxpayers' money on office coffee machines - and then turns them off
The front page of the IHT reveals that the European Commission spent 100,000 euros on 20 luxury coffee machines for the upper floors of the Berlaymont building (the Commission headquarters). According to the paper the machines were installed as "a perk for the most senior European Union officials - saving them and their members of cabinet from having to line up in cafés on other floors." The article reports that the machines are so-called "superautomatics" that grind the beans, select the correct quantity of milk and discard the spent coffee grounds, all at the touch of a button.
However, the machines have now had to be switched off, following a complaint from an employee regarding the levels of nickel in coffee produced by the machines.
The article notes, "There has been no evidence of anyone getting sick", and that the Commissioners "now may have to line up in the cafeterias with thousands of less lofty bureaucrats to get a cup of coffee."
IHT Open Europe blog
Britain's EU payments set to treble under failed CAP reform
Figures released by the Treasury show that Britain's contributions to the EU are set to treble following a failed deal to cut European farm subsidies, reports the Telegraph. Britain's net contributions in 2008/9 are expected to be £2bn, but this is set to rise in 2010/11 to £6bn. The paper notes that a 2005 agreement to cut the size of the UK's annual rebate was supposed to be matched by cuts in CAP subsidies - but that France is trying to protect the CAP from reform in negotiations to be held next year.
Telegraph
Irish government: negotiations on Lisbon will go "down to the wire";
Irish PM visits four EU capitals ahead of EU summit
The Irish Independent reports that Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin yesterday warned that negotiations on resolving the issue of the Lisbon Treaty will go "down to the wire" in the climax to next week's EU summit. The Irish Times suggests that the Irish response to Lisbon will centre on a commitment to hold another referendum on the Treaty in autumn of next year if there is a commitment that all EU states will be allowed to retain a commissioner. It will also hinge on agreement from the other 26 member states to accept a number of binding declarations to the Treaty to deal with Irish concerns about neutrality, abortion, tax and defence.
Meanwhile, the Coulisses de Bruxelles blog reports that Irish PM Brian Cowen is beginning a tour of four European countries today - France, Luxembourg, Germany and Britain - to discuss the Lisbon Treaty. It also reports that the Czech Parliament's lower house has decided to meet on 9 December to ratify the Treaty. However, Czech daily Pravo notes that the Treaty's approval by the Senate could be more problematic due to resistance from a faction of the ruling Civic Democratic Party.
Irish Independent Irish Times Coulisses de Bruxelles
European Commission plans to prevent return of asylum seekers to country of entry
L'Express reports that European Commission proposals for immigration policy reform include stopping EU members sending asylum seekers back to the countries where they first landed on European soil when those states are struggling to cope. Countries like Malta and Greece are becoming overburdened by high numbers of refugees, returned to them under the so-called Dublin regulation. The Commission also aims to harmonise reception conditions, including giving access to the labour market and ensuring asylum seekers are detained only in exceptional cases.
STV L'Express
Brown to face questions over euro rumours
The front page of the Express reports that Gordon Brown is to face Parliamentary questions about whether the issue of joining the Euro was raised in meetings with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, following Barroso's revelation that the issue was discussed with senior British politicians.
Express
EU Commission's economic stimulus plan "defused" by Germany
FAZ reports that EU finance ministers (meeting yesterday) have "defused" the European Commission's proposed 200bn euro economic stimulus packages, by ruling out tax cuts and changes to the EU budget.
EUobserver notes that according to insiders, there was little enthusiasm at the ministers' meeting to commit to the Commission's scheme. One diplomat told the website that the 200bn figure was "so unclear that it does not mean anything but a bad PR attempt."
German Finance Minister Peer Steinbruck categorically rejected any further German contributions in the way of fiscal stimulus. The Telegraph reports that he said, "Please, Europe is not on the brink of collapse. To listen to some people you'd think that western civilization was going down". In an interview with Der Speigel he criticised the bailout mindset of fellow European governments: "Just because all the lemmings have chosen the same way doesn't make it automatically the right way. What else would you like for Christmas?"
Jean Pisani-Ferry of think tank Bruegel writes in Le Monde that "On 11 December, the date of the next summit, we will know whether the Union is capable of concerted action... If they succeed, they will have invented, through this action, the economic government for which France regularly pleads... If they fail, we will know that... unfortunately the EU is not fit for storms."
Eurointelligence Le Monde Pisani-Ferry Le Monde Welt Irish Times European Voice FT
Telegraph EUobserver EUbusiness
EU Commission to relax state aid rules amid criticism from member states for dithering and bureaucracy
The FT reports that the European Commission yesterday promised more flexibility in how it applies state aid rules to banks hit by the credit crisis. European governments have criticised the difficulties in getting EU approval for bail-outs and have called for the Commission to relax its state aid rules and speed up the process of approving state bail-outs.
According to the BBC, Peer Steinbruck, Germany's Finance Minister, who is awaiting Commission approval for his country's bank bail-out plan, said, "If the protective measures we've organised in Germany and other European countries are to work in this crisis, we must have a secure framework very quickly for the banks."
The WSJ notes that Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg was even more forthright in his criticism of the Commission, insisting that "we need to call off these legions of state aid bureaucrats."
The IHT notes that EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes' spokesman dismissed the charge of acting slowly in response to the crisis: "The Commission is extremely fast, from the moment we receive all the necessary commitments and information from the member state concerned. We have proven we are capable of taking decisions within 24 hours - when we have all the information we need."
NOS FT WSJ Le Figaro IHT Reuters IHT 2 Dow Jones Irish Independent FT 2 BBC
An article on the Economist website says that China's cancelling of a bilateral summit with the EU suggests that Europe is not respected as a world power bloc, and quotes an expert on Asia who says that the snub is "a brutal, and unprecedented warning of how little Europe means to China".
Economist
Premier League agrees to debt investigation
Premier League officials have agreed to a voluntary investigation into clubs' debt levels to head off the threat of increased regulation from Europe. The Times reports that a task force is being set to up examine the "financial governance" of the 27 national leagues which are members of the Association of Professional Football Leagues, of which Premier League executives are leading figures. The move follows complaints about the debt levels and dominance of Premier League clubs in European football competitions.Times
According to EUobserver, the leader of the Party of European Socialists, MEP and former Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, is being mooted as a potential successor to Jose Manuel Barroso as President of the Commission, if the centre-left political family wins the European Parliament elections.
EUobserver
EU ministers have backed a "passport" for investment funds managers.
Britain, Germany and France yesterday won their battle to allow mutual funds to manage European operations centrally and save money, a move that dismayed Luxembourg and Ireland.
Euractiv Reuters
German soldiers in Afghanistan have been deemed too overweight to fight, according to a German Parliament report. Reinhold Robbe, the parliamentary commissioner for the German armed forces, concluded: "Plainly put, the soldiers are too fat, exercise too little and take little care of their diet."
Times
Nato puts the brakes on Ukraine and Georgia membership.
Times Independent
EU regulation for insurance industry watered down
EU finance ministers have reached a compromise in principle on Solvency II, the set of regulations and capital adequacy requirements for the EU insurance industry. It has however loosened original proposed regulation.
Reuters FAZ
Thursday, November 27, 2008
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
PRISTINA/BERLIN
(Own report) - The arrest in Kosovo of several agents of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) shines the spotlight once again on the political criminal happenings in this western protectorate. The three men, working for a front company of the German foreign espionage service, are charged with involvement in several bomb attacks against facilities of the EU and the UN. As a matter of fact, the BND had been implicated in criminal intrigues in Kosovo in the past. It assisted in setting up the UCK (Kosovo Liberation Army - KLA) terror organization and maintained contact to organizers of the Kosovo-Albanian Pogroms that caused numerous deaths in March 2004. The objective in both cases was to have a decisive influence on political developments in the region. It remains to be seen if this is also the case now. Observers are not excluding the possibility that the arrests had been initiated by the Kosovan Mafia. On various occasions, the BND has reported on organized crime in Pristina. Several members of the "government" are from this milieu, such as the current "prime minister." Berlin is primarily responsible for the criminal conditions in Kosovo. With the collaboration of the BND, Germany prevailed in the formation of a Kosovan "state" under the leadership of suspected gangsters.
The obscure occurrences that led to last week's arrests of three suspected BND operatives in Pristina, exposes once again the political criminal character of what is taking place in that protectorate. The agents are charged with implication in the November 14, bombing attack on the Kosovo EU headquarters. The men had already been placed under surveillance in connection with other attacks carried out on institutions of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Kosovan Parliament. They will probably be also indicted for espionage for a foreign service, which carries up to a 20 year sentence, if found guilty. According to analogous reports from several intelligence sources, the three were employees of a BND front company, the "Logistics Coordination Assessment Services", which allegedly offers investment consultation to German companies in Kosovo. Pristina is obviously seeking to create a scandal around the BND activities. Whereas the German foreign ministry had hoped to clear up the matter without too much public attention - also by referring to the significant role played by Germany in Kosovo's secession - the Kosovan press has published not only the names, but also photos of the agents.
Controversy over EULEX
This scandal was preceded by complicated disputes concerning Pristina's secession. The press reports that, "for the first time, since the beginning of the Kosovo Crisis in the early 90s" not the Serbian, but the Albanian side has come under international pressure.[1] The bone of contention is EULEX - the 2,000 police and customs officers, jurists and administrative personnel that the EU, under the label of European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX), wants to send into the South Serbian province. EULEX is supposed to transform the Kosovan authorities into a state apparatus, thereby making Pristina's secession irrevocable. According to Berlin and the EU's original plans, the EULEX was supposed, to primarily replace the UNMIK, literally placing Brussels in control of the Kosovan transformation. This has so far been unsuccessful due to resistance from within the United Nations, in spite of massive obstructions set up also by Berlin (german-foreign-policy.com reported [2]).
Protests in Pristina
Two members of the UN Security Council (Russia and China), as well as the majority of UN member nations, still refuse to recognize Pristina's illegal secession, which is why the transfer has not succeeded. To the surprise of the West, UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon has been supportive and has been refusing for months his accord for an implementation of the EU plans, if there are no concessions to Belgrade. Already a while ago, Ban tabled a proposition that took the Serbian minimal position into account. According to his proposition, EULEX was to be active in the Albanian-speaking areas of Kosovo, while UNMIK would maintain control over the police and justice in the Serb-speaking regions of the province. EULEX would also be formally obligated to remain "status neutral" and not promote Pristina's independence. Brussels has now agreed to Ban's concept, to avoid further delay and speed up the EULEX engagement. Pristina rejects this mediating proposal and protests, for the first time without western back-up. Last Wednesday, thousands of Kosovo Albanians demonstrated against Ban's plans and the EU's approval.
Political Objective
Observers initially supposed that the bomb attack on the EU headquarters in Pristina - just two days after Brussels made known its approval to the EULEX restrictions - was also in protest of the EU's concessions to Belgrade. If it is proven that the German intelligence agents were implicated in that attack, it would not be the first time. Already in March 2004, during the large scale pogroms against Serbs and Serbian institutions, a BND informer played a noteworthy role. The man was one of the organizers of the pogroms while serving as an informer of the German intelligence service.[3] Only two weeks before the pogroms began, the BND supposedly broke contact with their informer. "I suppose that the BND certainly must have informed the German government" said the intelligence service expert, Erich Schmidt-Eenboom, at the time and concluded that "the Albanian attacks on the Serbs were tolerated" by the German side.[4] Nineteen people were killed, approx. 4,000 driven from their homes, over two dozen monasteries were severely damaged during these pogroms. But the pogroms had a political effect: Berlin and Brussels demanded Kosovo's accelerated secession.[5]
With Criminal Means
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the BND has been pursuing political objectives in Kosovo with criminal means - through its support for the KLA terror troops. According to reports, the BND established contact to Kosovo Albanian militants in 1992 [6] and soon afterwards helped "in training and arming the rebels (...), to consolidate German influence in the Balkans."[7] These close ties were advantageous during the aggression against Yugoslavia, with the KLA replacing NATO ground forces and helping to vanquish the Serbian adversary. It soon became clear that Berlin and the rest of the West would not be able to shake off their deputy, a militia of criminals. Former KLA commanders have been able to prevail not only as bosses of the Kosovan Mafia but also in high political positions.
Get in the Way
For years, the BND - the organization that, with its support for the KLA in the 90s, made its rise possible in the first place - has been regularly warning against the Mafiosi structures in Pristina. The BND had reported back in 2005, in a paper destined for the public, that Hashim Thaci - today's "prime minister" - had earlier been a boss of the Kosovan Mafia. Two years later, another study, whose authors seem also to have had access to BND sources, says that "at the international level" Thaci has access to wide-ranging "criminal networks."[8] Also other Kosovan politicians are seen as criminals by the BND. The intelligence service expert Udo Ulfkotte, explains that an important task of the "Logistics Coordination Assessment Services" front company of the BND, was to gather information on money laundering, drug trafficking and sexual slavery in Kosovo. Ulfkotte sees the current arrests in Pristina as a counter-attack by the Mafia: "The BND men got in somebody's way."[9]
In Both Cases
If Ulfkotte proves to be right, the current scandal will be the hardest counter-strike delivered to date by the criminal structures put into power in Pristina by Berlin and the West. The only thing left to acknowledge - also if the BND agents' involvement is proven: Berlin can no longer rid itself of the criminal forces, it called into being in the 90s, to end Serbian control over Kosovo.
Further information on German cooperation with criminal structures in Kosovo can be found here: Political Friendships, "Thank You Germany!", Arbitrariness in Power and In Accordance With NATO Standards.
[1] EU gibt Serbien bei Kosovo-Mission nach; Der Standard 12.11.2008
[2] see also Pure Chaos
[3] Was wusste der Bundesnachrichtendienst?; www.tagesschau.de 19.11.2004
[4] Kosovo-Unruhen: Wer wusste was?; Telepolis 22.11.2004
[5] see also Konsequenz des Krieges, Model, Kolonialherren and "A Piece of Land with no Status"
[6] Erich Schmidt-Eenboom: Kosovo-Krieg und Interesse; http://www.geheimdienste.info/
[7] Matthias Küntzel: Der Weg in den Krieg. Deutschland, die Nato und das Kosovo, Berlin 2000[8] see also "Thank You Germany!"
[9] Agenten-Thriller auf dem Balkan; Abendzeitung 23.11.2008
PRISTINA/BERLIN
(Own report) - The arrest in Kosovo of several agents of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) shines the spotlight once again on the political criminal happenings in this western protectorate. The three men, working for a front company of the German foreign espionage service, are charged with involvement in several bomb attacks against facilities of the EU and the UN. As a matter of fact, the BND had been implicated in criminal intrigues in Kosovo in the past. It assisted in setting up the UCK (Kosovo Liberation Army - KLA) terror organization and maintained contact to organizers of the Kosovo-Albanian Pogroms that caused numerous deaths in March 2004. The objective in both cases was to have a decisive influence on political developments in the region. It remains to be seen if this is also the case now. Observers are not excluding the possibility that the arrests had been initiated by the Kosovan Mafia. On various occasions, the BND has reported on organized crime in Pristina. Several members of the "government" are from this milieu, such as the current "prime minister." Berlin is primarily responsible for the criminal conditions in Kosovo. With the collaboration of the BND, Germany prevailed in the formation of a Kosovan "state" under the leadership of suspected gangsters.
The obscure occurrences that led to last week's arrests of three suspected BND operatives in Pristina, exposes once again the political criminal character of what is taking place in that protectorate. The agents are charged with implication in the November 14, bombing attack on the Kosovo EU headquarters. The men had already been placed under surveillance in connection with other attacks carried out on institutions of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Kosovan Parliament. They will probably be also indicted for espionage for a foreign service, which carries up to a 20 year sentence, if found guilty. According to analogous reports from several intelligence sources, the three were employees of a BND front company, the "Logistics Coordination Assessment Services", which allegedly offers investment consultation to German companies in Kosovo. Pristina is obviously seeking to create a scandal around the BND activities. Whereas the German foreign ministry had hoped to clear up the matter without too much public attention - also by referring to the significant role played by Germany in Kosovo's secession - the Kosovan press has published not only the names, but also photos of the agents.
Controversy over EULEX
This scandal was preceded by complicated disputes concerning Pristina's secession. The press reports that, "for the first time, since the beginning of the Kosovo Crisis in the early 90s" not the Serbian, but the Albanian side has come under international pressure.[1] The bone of contention is EULEX - the 2,000 police and customs officers, jurists and administrative personnel that the EU, under the label of European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX), wants to send into the South Serbian province. EULEX is supposed to transform the Kosovan authorities into a state apparatus, thereby making Pristina's secession irrevocable. According to Berlin and the EU's original plans, the EULEX was supposed, to primarily replace the UNMIK, literally placing Brussels in control of the Kosovan transformation. This has so far been unsuccessful due to resistance from within the United Nations, in spite of massive obstructions set up also by Berlin (german-foreign-policy.com reported [2]).
Protests in Pristina
Two members of the UN Security Council (Russia and China), as well as the majority of UN member nations, still refuse to recognize Pristina's illegal secession, which is why the transfer has not succeeded. To the surprise of the West, UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon has been supportive and has been refusing for months his accord for an implementation of the EU plans, if there are no concessions to Belgrade. Already a while ago, Ban tabled a proposition that took the Serbian minimal position into account. According to his proposition, EULEX was to be active in the Albanian-speaking areas of Kosovo, while UNMIK would maintain control over the police and justice in the Serb-speaking regions of the province. EULEX would also be formally obligated to remain "status neutral" and not promote Pristina's independence. Brussels has now agreed to Ban's concept, to avoid further delay and speed up the EULEX engagement. Pristina rejects this mediating proposal and protests, for the first time without western back-up. Last Wednesday, thousands of Kosovo Albanians demonstrated against Ban's plans and the EU's approval.
Political Objective
Observers initially supposed that the bomb attack on the EU headquarters in Pristina - just two days after Brussels made known its approval to the EULEX restrictions - was also in protest of the EU's concessions to Belgrade. If it is proven that the German intelligence agents were implicated in that attack, it would not be the first time. Already in March 2004, during the large scale pogroms against Serbs and Serbian institutions, a BND informer played a noteworthy role. The man was one of the organizers of the pogroms while serving as an informer of the German intelligence service.[3] Only two weeks before the pogroms began, the BND supposedly broke contact with their informer. "I suppose that the BND certainly must have informed the German government" said the intelligence service expert, Erich Schmidt-Eenboom, at the time and concluded that "the Albanian attacks on the Serbs were tolerated" by the German side.[4] Nineteen people were killed, approx. 4,000 driven from their homes, over two dozen monasteries were severely damaged during these pogroms. But the pogroms had a political effect: Berlin and Brussels demanded Kosovo's accelerated secession.[5]
With Criminal Means
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the BND has been pursuing political objectives in Kosovo with criminal means - through its support for the KLA terror troops. According to reports, the BND established contact to Kosovo Albanian militants in 1992 [6] and soon afterwards helped "in training and arming the rebels (...), to consolidate German influence in the Balkans."[7] These close ties were advantageous during the aggression against Yugoslavia, with the KLA replacing NATO ground forces and helping to vanquish the Serbian adversary. It soon became clear that Berlin and the rest of the West would not be able to shake off their deputy, a militia of criminals. Former KLA commanders have been able to prevail not only as bosses of the Kosovan Mafia but also in high political positions.
Get in the Way
For years, the BND - the organization that, with its support for the KLA in the 90s, made its rise possible in the first place - has been regularly warning against the Mafiosi structures in Pristina. The BND had reported back in 2005, in a paper destined for the public, that Hashim Thaci - today's "prime minister" - had earlier been a boss of the Kosovan Mafia. Two years later, another study, whose authors seem also to have had access to BND sources, says that "at the international level" Thaci has access to wide-ranging "criminal networks."[8] Also other Kosovan politicians are seen as criminals by the BND. The intelligence service expert Udo Ulfkotte, explains that an important task of the "Logistics Coordination Assessment Services" front company of the BND, was to gather information on money laundering, drug trafficking and sexual slavery in Kosovo. Ulfkotte sees the current arrests in Pristina as a counter-attack by the Mafia: "The BND men got in somebody's way."[9]
In Both Cases
If Ulfkotte proves to be right, the current scandal will be the hardest counter-strike delivered to date by the criminal structures put into power in Pristina by Berlin and the West. The only thing left to acknowledge - also if the BND agents' involvement is proven: Berlin can no longer rid itself of the criminal forces, it called into being in the 90s, to end Serbian control over Kosovo.
Further information on German cooperation with criminal structures in Kosovo can be found here: Political Friendships, "Thank You Germany!", Arbitrariness in Power and In Accordance With NATO Standards.
[1] EU gibt Serbien bei Kosovo-Mission nach; Der Standard 12.11.2008
[2] see also Pure Chaos
[3] Was wusste der Bundesnachrichtendienst?; www.tagesschau.de 19.11.2004
[4] Kosovo-Unruhen: Wer wusste was?; Telepolis 22.11.2004
[5] see also Konsequenz des Krieges, Model, Kolonialherren and "A Piece of Land with no Status"
[6] Erich Schmidt-Eenboom: Kosovo-Krieg und Interesse; http://www.geheimdienste.info/
[7] Matthias Küntzel: Der Weg in den Krieg. Deutschland, die Nato und das Kosovo, Berlin 2000[8] see also "Thank You Germany!"
[9] Agenten-Thriller auf dem Balkan; Abendzeitung 23.11.2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Napoleon’s coronation and its prophetic significance
Napoleon’s coronation and its prophetic significance
By Wyatt Ciesielka Tuesday, November 25, 2008
December 2 is the anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte’s coronation as “Holy Roman Emperor.” Was Napoleon just a great conqueror? Or, was he part of a 2,500-year-old story that weaves its way through Bible history and Bible prophecy and has yet to reach its climactic end?
Napoleon was crowned at Notre Dame Cathedral on December 2, 1804. His coronation was blessed by Pope Pius VII, who had agreed to take part in the ceremony in exchange for regaining several papal territories, and for the opportunity of converting French citizens back to the Catholic Church.
The French neoclassic painter, Jacques-Louis David, required three years to recreate the scene on a massive twenty-foot by thirty-foot canvas. (Coronation of Napoleon at www.louvre.fr)
About 2,500 years ago, the prophet Daniel recorded important visions revealing the rise and fall of nations that would culminate in the return of Jesus Christ as King of kings. While most people look at Daniel’s visions as either ancient allegory, or as too complex to understand, God’s faithful Church and His ministry do understand this prophecy – and where Napoleon fits in.
Daniel chapters 7 and 8 reveal: a lion (7:4), a bear (7:5), a four-headed leopard (7:6), a terrific 10-horned beast with iron teeth (7:7, 23-24), a two-horned ram (8:3-4, 20) and a goat with a large horn and four “notable” horns (8:5-8, 21-22).
Who or what do these animals and beasts represent? Did these visions have relevance only for nations and people of Daniel’s day, or are they much more far-reaching?
In referring to events surrounding the end of the age and His future return as King of kings (Matthew 24:3), Jesus told His disciples (which includes His Church today) to look at Daniel’s prophecies for understanding (Matthew 24:15).
Napoleon’s brief restoration of Empire from 1804 to his abdication in 1814 (Encyclopædia Britannica, “The defeat of Napoleon”) was, in fact, simply one event in a long story foretold through God’s prophets. Napoleon considered himself a successor to Caesar and Charlemagne and the Bible reveals that he was.
As Mr. John Ogwyn wrote in The Beast of Revelation: Myth, Metaphor or Soon-Coming Reality? “[Napoleon] aspired to far more than the presidency of a French Republic or even becoming a new king of France. His ambition could only be satisfied by the reestablishment of the Roman Empire – with himself as emperor. As historian Will Durant notes, ‘he dreamt of rivaling Charlemagne and uniting Western Europe’ (The Story of Civilization, Will Durant, vol. 11, p. 243).”
A study of history and your Bible reveals that Napoleon’s empire was symbolized and predicted in both Daniel and Revelation. Napoleon’s empire was the 8th horn on the terrific 10-horned beast with iron teeth of Daniel 7. But, like all human empires, it was temporary.
Mr. Ogwyn continues, “Napoleon’s abdication marked the end of an epoch. According to prophecy there were yet to be two more attempted revivals of the glory and grandeur of ancient Rome.”
Napoleon’s empire (revival) was preceded by the Hapsburg Dynasty (the 7th horn) and was followed by the German and Italian alliance and their temporary dominance of Europe (the 9th horn). These empires are now history. However, the 10th and final horn is yet developing – and may manifest sooner than many realize.
Daniel’s prophecies are powerful and accurate testimony given by the Almighty God about the rise and fall of world powers. To understand them requires prayerful study and God’s help.
Prayerfully read and study the excellent articles: Europe: A Modern Tower of Babel by Douglas S. Winnail, and Is the Beast Awakening?, by Roderick C. Meredith. Also, request or read online the very detailed booklet, The Beast of Revelation: Myth, Metaphor or Soon-Coming Reality? by Mr. John Ogwyn.
You can understand what your Bible reveals about Napoleon, the millennia-old prophecies that he was a small part of, and how those prophecies will shake your world in the years ahead!
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Europe's Bitter Roots
As prophesied, there were four Gentile superpowers: Babylon, the Medes and Persians, Greco-Macedonian, and Rome (Dan. 2:31-45). These are the roots Europe would do well to research.
Bible Prophecy States EU to Form Core Group
EU industry commissioner Gunter Verheugen, when asked by the German daily Die Welt how he sees the European Union in 20 years' time, responded: "I believe… we will have a political union, but maybe not with all states that now form part of the EU."
Catholic Europe in Vogue?
Are the Europeans about to restore the power and influence of their respective Royals? In Rome's mind, only an IMPERIAL RESTORATION can save mankind! That explains why the present pontiff has proclaimed that he's on a mission from God to unite Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals. How? By remodeling Europe after the grand design of the "Holy Roman Empire."
By Wyatt Ciesielka Tuesday, November 25, 2008
December 2 is the anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte’s coronation as “Holy Roman Emperor.” Was Napoleon just a great conqueror? Or, was he part of a 2,500-year-old story that weaves its way through Bible history and Bible prophecy and has yet to reach its climactic end?
Napoleon was crowned at Notre Dame Cathedral on December 2, 1804. His coronation was blessed by Pope Pius VII, who had agreed to take part in the ceremony in exchange for regaining several papal territories, and for the opportunity of converting French citizens back to the Catholic Church.
The French neoclassic painter, Jacques-Louis David, required three years to recreate the scene on a massive twenty-foot by thirty-foot canvas. (Coronation of Napoleon at www.louvre.fr)
About 2,500 years ago, the prophet Daniel recorded important visions revealing the rise and fall of nations that would culminate in the return of Jesus Christ as King of kings. While most people look at Daniel’s visions as either ancient allegory, or as too complex to understand, God’s faithful Church and His ministry do understand this prophecy – and where Napoleon fits in.
Daniel chapters 7 and 8 reveal: a lion (7:4), a bear (7:5), a four-headed leopard (7:6), a terrific 10-horned beast with iron teeth (7:7, 23-24), a two-horned ram (8:3-4, 20) and a goat with a large horn and four “notable” horns (8:5-8, 21-22).
Who or what do these animals and beasts represent? Did these visions have relevance only for nations and people of Daniel’s day, or are they much more far-reaching?
In referring to events surrounding the end of the age and His future return as King of kings (Matthew 24:3), Jesus told His disciples (which includes His Church today) to look at Daniel’s prophecies for understanding (Matthew 24:15).
Napoleon’s brief restoration of Empire from 1804 to his abdication in 1814 (Encyclopædia Britannica, “The defeat of Napoleon”) was, in fact, simply one event in a long story foretold through God’s prophets. Napoleon considered himself a successor to Caesar and Charlemagne and the Bible reveals that he was.
As Mr. John Ogwyn wrote in The Beast of Revelation: Myth, Metaphor or Soon-Coming Reality? “[Napoleon] aspired to far more than the presidency of a French Republic or even becoming a new king of France. His ambition could only be satisfied by the reestablishment of the Roman Empire – with himself as emperor. As historian Will Durant notes, ‘he dreamt of rivaling Charlemagne and uniting Western Europe’ (The Story of Civilization, Will Durant, vol. 11, p. 243).”
A study of history and your Bible reveals that Napoleon’s empire was symbolized and predicted in both Daniel and Revelation. Napoleon’s empire was the 8th horn on the terrific 10-horned beast with iron teeth of Daniel 7. But, like all human empires, it was temporary.
Mr. Ogwyn continues, “Napoleon’s abdication marked the end of an epoch. According to prophecy there were yet to be two more attempted revivals of the glory and grandeur of ancient Rome.”
Napoleon’s empire (revival) was preceded by the Hapsburg Dynasty (the 7th horn) and was followed by the German and Italian alliance and their temporary dominance of Europe (the 9th horn). These empires are now history. However, the 10th and final horn is yet developing – and may manifest sooner than many realize.
Daniel’s prophecies are powerful and accurate testimony given by the Almighty God about the rise and fall of world powers. To understand them requires prayerful study and God’s help.
Prayerfully read and study the excellent articles: Europe: A Modern Tower of Babel by Douglas S. Winnail, and Is the Beast Awakening?, by Roderick C. Meredith. Also, request or read online the very detailed booklet, The Beast of Revelation: Myth, Metaphor or Soon-Coming Reality? by Mr. John Ogwyn.
You can understand what your Bible reveals about Napoleon, the millennia-old prophecies that he was a small part of, and how those prophecies will shake your world in the years ahead!
• If you enjoy these insights – click here to receive them by email.
************************
Europe's Bitter Roots
As prophesied, there were four Gentile superpowers: Babylon, the Medes and Persians, Greco-Macedonian, and Rome (Dan. 2:31-45). These are the roots Europe would do well to research.
Bible Prophecy States EU to Form Core Group
EU industry commissioner Gunter Verheugen, when asked by the German daily Die Welt how he sees the European Union in 20 years' time, responded: "I believe… we will have a political union, but maybe not with all states that now form part of the EU."
Catholic Europe in Vogue?
Are the Europeans about to restore the power and influence of their respective Royals? In Rome's mind, only an IMPERIAL RESTORATION can save mankind! That explains why the present pontiff has proclaimed that he's on a mission from God to unite Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals. How? By remodeling Europe after the grand design of the "Holy Roman Empire."
Monday, November 10, 2008
EUobserver.com
THE NEWS
1. Still no EU-Serbia agreement on EULEX deployment - 10.11.2008 - 09:20
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Previous reports that the EU has accepted Serbia's conditions for the bloc's police and justice mission EULEX to be deployed throughout Kosovo do not necessarily reflect the EU's official position, the EU's special representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith has said.
http://euobserver.com/9/27076/?rk=1
2. Think-tank urges caution in EU over sovereign wealth funds - 10.11.2008 - 09:28
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Europe should address the security concerns stemming from foreign investments - especially from authoritarian countries before it moves to make use of them in the current financial crisis, an influential Brussels-based think tank Bruegel has suggested.
http://euobserver.com/9/27077/?rk=1
3. This WEEK in the European Union - 10.11.2008 - 09:25
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Overcoming Lithuanian and Polish resistance to Russia talks will be the main goal of foreign ministers meeting on Monday and Tuesday.
http://euobserver.com/9/27078/?rk=1
1. Still no EU-Serbia agreement on EULEX deployment - 10.11.2008 - 09:20
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Previous reports that the EU has accepted Serbia's conditions for the bloc's police and justice mission EULEX to be deployed throughout Kosovo do not necessarily reflect the EU's official position, the EU's special representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith has said.
http://euobserver.com/9/27076/?rk=1
2. Think-tank urges caution in EU over sovereign wealth funds - 10.11.2008 - 09:28
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Europe should address the security concerns stemming from foreign investments - especially from authoritarian countries before it moves to make use of them in the current financial crisis, an influential Brussels-based think tank Bruegel has suggested.
http://euobserver.com/9/27077/?rk=1
3. This WEEK in the European Union - 10.11.2008 - 09:25
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Overcoming Lithuanian and Polish resistance to Russia talks will be the main goal of foreign ministers meeting on Monday and Tuesday.
http://euobserver.com/9/27078/?rk=1
Friday, November 07, 2008
EUROPE
Pope John Paul II Was No Saint
The plain truth is that the pagan pope (Catholics aren't Christian) was a Roman wolf in sheep's clothing, a politician who spoke out of both sides of his mouth. Remember the popes are both a religious leader and head of state.
Gothic Grotesque: Precursor of Modern Horrors
Prof. Eugene Narrett analyzes the insane replacement theologies and Aryan cults the German eagle began to generate late in the 19th century, just as the return to Zion was gaining irrestible momentum
Bible Prophecy States EU to Form Core Group
EU industry commissioner Gunter Verheugen, when asked by the German daily Die Welt how he sees the European Union in 20 years' time, responded: "I believe… we will have a political union, but maybe not with all states that now form part of the EU."
Bavarian Pope Entrusts Germany to Lead Europe, Others Wary of Grand Inquisitor
The "holy Roman" arrived in Munich to galvanize the underground forces ready to spring into action to revive the empire of the German Nation, all allegedly in service to Europa - a damsel in distress - and in pagan devotion to "Mary"...
The Intelligence Summit Misses the Mark: the German-Jesuit Threat to World Peace
The whole world has been focusing on Islamic terrorism, as is understandable, but the greatest threat to world peace is the German-dominated European Union! The United States has foolishly been helping to create such a Frankenstein Monster that will brutally betray both the American, British and Jewish peoples.
Is Germany in Danger of Backsliding?
We left it up to the Germans to "deNazify" their country! Now Germany appears to be backsliding as the Nazi German spirit is beginning to stir again, getting ready to break free from imposed shackles with a fury, and come back with a vengeance from the abyss, threatening to wreak havoc upon the world.
Europe's Bitter Roots
As prophesied, there were four Gentile superpowers: Babylon, the Medes and Persians, Greco-Macedonian, and Rome (Dan. 2:31-45). These are the roots Europe would do well to research.
Germany's Fourth Reich Spreads Its Wings Over the World
Those who strongly disagree with the "European Union" forging ahead, the Euro-skeptics, state sovereignty is under attack and that the EU is going backwards, descending into the darkness of fascism, not advancing democratic ideals but sacrificing them with impunity.
The Secret Nazis
Herbert W. Armstrong warned the Nazis only went underground and a declassified US document confirms it...
Sorcerer-Pope to Bewitch Europe and Mislead the Masses
Watch for the pagan sorcerer-pope to start performing many supernatural deeds, counterfeit miracles, to mislead the masses and get them eating out of his hand to support the Vatican's elect to "defend" Europe and "Western Christian Civilization" and murder any who oppose them.
Germany Behind the Mask
For over 50 years, Herbert W. Armstrong warned that a German-led European combine would thresh the nations. When Germany lay in ashes after WWII, Mr. Armstrong had no doubt Germany would be back with a vengeance and he pounded this theme home through the pages of The Plain Truth magazine read by millions worldwide.
Jews Don't Follow Judaism
Why do Jews prefer to remain in a self-imposed exile? Doesn't Judaism teach Jews belong in the Promised Land of Israel? Isn't it the Jewish Homeland?
Will The Atlantic Times address the German threat?
It is not in Germany's mind today, or its present peaceful people, to wage war against us, but that will all change overnight, after a head-on collision with the Islamic leader of a confederation of Muslim states, their mahdi, whetting Europe's appetite for more blood and morphing the...
Is a World Dictator About to Appear?
The Plain Truth magazine announced in 1966, “Just as the Catholic Church once interposed her order on nations and peoples, she again is proposing to establish a ‘Christian order’ which alone is able to guarantee peace. To this goal the resources of the Church now are directed.’ So said the late Pope Pius in a Christmas broadcast on December 24, 1951” (Plain Truth, July 1966)....
The EU is a German Ruse
Bill Cash, MP, questions "The German Question" [The European Journal, April 2007] "of what and where is Europe?" when "Germany has not even established her own national identity, which remains strikingly unstable even after reunification... let alone found a directing principle which can hold the ramshackle European Union together...".
Bavarian Pope to Sweep Europe Off its Feet?
Watch for the pagan sorcerer-pope to start performing many supernatural deeds, counterfeit miracles, to mislead the masses and get them eating out of his hand to support the Vatican's elect to "defend" Europe and "Western Christian Civilization" and murder any who oppose them.
Catholic Europe in Vogue?
Are the Europeans about to restore the power and influence of their respective Royals? In Rome's mind, only an IMPERIAL RESTORATION can save mankind! That explains why the present pontiff has proclaimed that he's on a mission from God to unite Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals. How? By remodeling Europe after the grand design of the "Holy Roman Empire."
The plain truth is that the pagan pope (Catholics aren't Christian) was a Roman wolf in sheep's clothing, a politician who spoke out of both sides of his mouth. Remember the popes are both a religious leader and head of state.
Gothic Grotesque: Precursor of Modern Horrors
Prof. Eugene Narrett analyzes the insane replacement theologies and Aryan cults the German eagle began to generate late in the 19th century, just as the return to Zion was gaining irrestible momentum
Bible Prophecy States EU to Form Core Group
EU industry commissioner Gunter Verheugen, when asked by the German daily Die Welt how he sees the European Union in 20 years' time, responded: "I believe… we will have a political union, but maybe not with all states that now form part of the EU."
Bavarian Pope Entrusts Germany to Lead Europe, Others Wary of Grand Inquisitor
The "holy Roman" arrived in Munich to galvanize the underground forces ready to spring into action to revive the empire of the German Nation, all allegedly in service to Europa - a damsel in distress - and in pagan devotion to "Mary"...
The Intelligence Summit Misses the Mark: the German-Jesuit Threat to World Peace
The whole world has been focusing on Islamic terrorism, as is understandable, but the greatest threat to world peace is the German-dominated European Union! The United States has foolishly been helping to create such a Frankenstein Monster that will brutally betray both the American, British and Jewish peoples.
Is Germany in Danger of Backsliding?
We left it up to the Germans to "deNazify" their country! Now Germany appears to be backsliding as the Nazi German spirit is beginning to stir again, getting ready to break free from imposed shackles with a fury, and come back with a vengeance from the abyss, threatening to wreak havoc upon the world.
Europe's Bitter Roots
As prophesied, there were four Gentile superpowers: Babylon, the Medes and Persians, Greco-Macedonian, and Rome (Dan. 2:31-45). These are the roots Europe would do well to research.
Germany's Fourth Reich Spreads Its Wings Over the World
Those who strongly disagree with the "European Union" forging ahead, the Euro-skeptics, state sovereignty is under attack and that the EU is going backwards, descending into the darkness of fascism, not advancing democratic ideals but sacrificing them with impunity.
The Secret Nazis
Herbert W. Armstrong warned the Nazis only went underground and a declassified US document confirms it...
Sorcerer-Pope to Bewitch Europe and Mislead the Masses
Watch for the pagan sorcerer-pope to start performing many supernatural deeds, counterfeit miracles, to mislead the masses and get them eating out of his hand to support the Vatican's elect to "defend" Europe and "Western Christian Civilization" and murder any who oppose them.
Germany Behind the Mask
For over 50 years, Herbert W. Armstrong warned that a German-led European combine would thresh the nations. When Germany lay in ashes after WWII, Mr. Armstrong had no doubt Germany would be back with a vengeance and he pounded this theme home through the pages of The Plain Truth magazine read by millions worldwide.
Jews Don't Follow Judaism
Why do Jews prefer to remain in a self-imposed exile? Doesn't Judaism teach Jews belong in the Promised Land of Israel? Isn't it the Jewish Homeland?
Will The Atlantic Times address the German threat?
It is not in Germany's mind today, or its present peaceful people, to wage war against us, but that will all change overnight, after a head-on collision with the Islamic leader of a confederation of Muslim states, their mahdi, whetting Europe's appetite for more blood and morphing the...
Is a World Dictator About to Appear?
The Plain Truth magazine announced in 1966, “Just as the Catholic Church once interposed her order on nations and peoples, she again is proposing to establish a ‘Christian order’ which alone is able to guarantee peace. To this goal the resources of the Church now are directed.’ So said the late Pope Pius in a Christmas broadcast on December 24, 1951” (Plain Truth, July 1966)....
The EU is a German Ruse
Bill Cash, MP, questions "The German Question" [The European Journal, April 2007] "of what and where is Europe?" when "Germany has not even established her own national identity, which remains strikingly unstable even after reunification... let alone found a directing principle which can hold the ramshackle European Union together...".
Bavarian Pope to Sweep Europe Off its Feet?
Watch for the pagan sorcerer-pope to start performing many supernatural deeds, counterfeit miracles, to mislead the masses and get them eating out of his hand to support the Vatican's elect to "defend" Europe and "Western Christian Civilization" and murder any who oppose them.
Catholic Europe in Vogue?
Are the Europeans about to restore the power and influence of their respective Royals? In Rome's mind, only an IMPERIAL RESTORATION can save mankind! That explains why the present pontiff has proclaimed that he's on a mission from God to unite Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals. How? By remodeling Europe after the grand design of the "Holy Roman Empire."
Monday, October 27, 2008
Open Europe press summary: 27 October 2008
Europe
Hutton backs Sarkozy's efforts to create EU army
The Sunday Times reported that John Hutton has become the first UK Defence Secretary to call for a European army - a long term French ambition for the EU. Under the EU Presidency, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has sought to develop Europe's military structures with new headquarters and rapid reaction forces, each consisting of 1,500 troops from member countries.
The Telegraph notes that when asked about the plans Hutton said, "I think we've got to be pragmatic about those things. I think that's perfectly sensible. France is one of our closest allies, and the French believe very strongly in this type of role. If we can support it, we should. I'm not one of those EU haters [who think] anything to do with the EU must by definition be terrible. There's plenty of them around. I think frankly those kind of views are pathetic."
A leader in the Telegraph argues that Hutton has failed to recognise Sarkozy's plans as "the politics of posturing". The paper notes that, with reference to Nato's mission in Afghanistan, "The performance of the French and the Germans has been particularly disappointing" and that a European force "heavy with political symbolism but light on military muscle" would undermine Nato and the transatlantic relationship.
Sunday Times Telegraph Telegraph Leader EUobserver
Grid connection hurdles could mean Britain missing EU renewable energy targets
The Times reports that the EU renewable energy and climate change targets for 2020 will be missed by Britain unless the National Grid speeds up the rate at which new generators are connected, according to leading industry figures. The grid is undergoing its biggest upgrade since the 1960s as part of a £14 billion investment project by 2012 and up to £13.5 billion more by 2020. William Law, Chairman of Lunar Energy, which is developing tidal generators, described the state of the grid as the single biggest problem facing the renewables industry.
Open Europe Research Director Hugo Robinson has a piece on Conservative Home arguing that the EU's climate and energy package "threatens the mother of all migraines for an incoming Cameron government. During his first term, he will need to deal with the double whammy of a looming and unavoidable electricity supply crunch (in which about a third of Britain's total generation capacity will be made redundant within a decade) and the 'challenge' of simultaneously implementing a massive expansion in intermittent generation sources - predominantly wind - to meet the EU renewables targets. Because of its unpredictability, wind cannot substitute for the 20GW of baseload conventional capacity that will come offline by 2020. All this makes it quite likely that a future Conservative Government will need to choose between blackouts and ditching the EU targets."
Chris Booker had an article in the Sunday Telegraph criticising wind energy, arguing that "What is dangerous is that even contemplating such a mad waste of resources is diverting attention from the genuine need to build enough proper, grown-up power stations to keep our lights on."
The EUreferendum blog focuses on the problem of intermittency in wind generation: "However much you mess about with the statistics, you cannot overcome those very simple facts: that wind is both intermittent and unpredictable."
Telegraph Booker Conservative Home Robinson Times EUreferendum
Czech President: Sarkozy wants to "siphon off our presidency"
Nicholas Sarkozy has come under attack over the weekend from Brussels diplomats and the Czech Republic following his proposal to remain in the EU Presidency beyond December, when France's Presidency ends, according to the Telegraph. In the FT, Wolfgang Münchau writes that Sarkozy may succeed in his attempts to form an "economic government" for Europe, as the tide turns in favour of increased leadership by the eurozone in the wake of the financial crisis. The Telegraph reports that one Brussels diplomat has suggested that "Mr Sarkozy is trying to become, by the back door, President of the EU".
Meanwhile the Czech President, Vaclav Klaus, has argued that Sarkozy wants to "siphon off our presidency", while arguing that the EU Presidency was "meaningless...It is prestigious for the few politicians who go to Brussels 12 times per month", reports EUobserver. The Czech Foreign Minister, Karel Schwarzenberg, has argued that the Czech Republic is unfairly being painted as an "EU villain" ahead of its presidency next year. In an interview with Le Monde, Schwarzenberg argues that the Czech Republic is "no more eurosceptic than other countries in Europe".
The Czech Prime Minister, Mirek Topolánek, has considered stepping down as leader of his party, after suffering heavy defeats in local elections at the weekend. The Social Democrats made large gains in the Senate, which potentially signals an easier passage for ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, should it be deemed compatible with the Czech constitution by the Constitutional Court, reports the Irish Times.
EUobserver IHT Irish Times FT-Munchau FT Telegraph
Commission proposes tough new regulation on derivatives trading
The Guardian reports that EU Internal Market Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy, is calling on bankers and the finance industry to agree to tough new rules on credit default swaps (CDOs). The proposed rules, that were set out at high level talks last week between the EC, bankers, regulators, investors and exchanges, would see a central body clear the trading of the complex products. Although McCreevy is seen to be an "avowed supporter of free markets and reluctant to regulate", the Guardian reports that he is under pressure from the Commission President Barroso and EU leaders including Gordon Brown to encourage the derivatives industry to come up with its own proposals by next month, or have legislation imposed on them from the EU.
The new regulation emerges as the financial crisis continues to hit Eastern Europe, with the WSJ reporting that Ukraine in particular is suffering due to the lack of credit that once flowed freely from the EU. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard argues in the Telegraph that the currency crisis is "spreading like wildfire across the former Soviet bloc", and also reports that Western European nations including Sweden, Spain and Austria are massively exposed to the problems faced by emerging economies due to the amount lent to Latin America, for example.
Meanwhile, at the EU-Asia summit in Beijing there were further calls from European leaders for a coordinated response to the crisis, although the summit fell short of offering specific solutions to the current economic troubles, the FT and IHT report.
Guardian Sunday Telegraph WSJ leader IHT FT European Voice EUobserver
UK Government fined £230m by EU for financial irregularities
The UK faces fines of up to £230m from the EU due to "irregularities" in funding for regional development projects in the North East and North West, the Telegraph reports. The potential fines are reported to be due to the funding of ineligible projects, and could have a "major impact" on the businesses and communities for which the funds are targeted, the Telegraph reports.
Telegraph
Rate of EU regulations skyrockets
A report from TaxPayers' Alliance has found that that there are currently 16,980 EU laws and regulations in force in the UK and they are increasing at a rate of 2,000 a year. The study also argues that the UK Government's tendency to 'goldplate' EU regulations lead to unnecessary high costs to British businesses. A leader in the Sun argues, "It's not just the astonishing 9,500 new laws imposed by Brussels over the last ten years. It's the gleeful fanaticism with which Whitehall's Euro-fundamentalists enforce every new edict, no matter how petty or patently potty. Not to mention the absurdly disproportionate penalties they dish out to transgressors."
Meanwhile, Andrew Roberts argued in the Sunday Telegraph that the quality of debate and oratory in the UK Parliament has declined, noting that "The fact that so many of our day-to-day laws come from Brussels today, rather than being originated at Westminster, has also impoverished political discourse."
Sun TPA PA Daily Mail Sunday Telegraph
EU secretly preparing GM push after lobbying campaign from biotech industry
Gordon Brown and other European leaders are secretly preparing an unprecedented campaign to spread GM crops and foods in Britain and throughout the continent, confidential documents obtained by The Independent on Sunday reveal.
The article notes that the biotech industry has been conducting an aggressive PR and lobbying initiative. Lobbyists have boasted of having "excellent working relations" with the European Commission.
Independent Sunday
EU emissions caps on airlines could cost 5.3bn euros - US considers legal challenge
AFP reports that EU member states on Friday agreed to impose emissions caps on airlines from 2012, upsetting airline associations as well as the United States, whose carriers will be included. From January 2012 all airline companies operating in or out of an EU country, including non-European carriers, will have to limit emissions to 97 percent of 2005 levels. Carriers are reported to be "furious" over the plans which they say threaten their very survival as they struggle to cope with recent high fuel prices and have warned that it could spark trade wars with other countries.
The Association of European Airlines has estimated that the cost could be as high as 5.3 billion euros annually in the first years of the scheme. Meanwhile, Washington has raised the prospect of launching litigation if Europe goes ahead with the targets. "It is an international, multilateral issue," one American official told AFP. "Doing something bilaterally or unilaterally on that issue could have unintended consequences for people who aren't in the room."
AFP
Tebbit: Western European republic inevitable
Former Cabinet Minister Norman Tebbit will tonight say that the creation of a new "west European republic" is inevitable after some of the chaotic reactions to the credit crunch. The remarks will come at a dinner to mark the 20th anniversary of former Premier Margaret Thatcher's speech in Bruges warning that EU integration had gone too far. Lord Tebbit will say, "In short the euro was exposed as a single currency with 15 Chancellors of the Exchequer and 15 Treasuries. In the long run there can only be one Chancellor, one Treasury, one tax system, one economic policy for any one currency - and that means one Government and one state." He will also call for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
Telegraph
Mandelson under pressure from EU to release diary
Peter Mandelson is now coming under pressure from the EU to make a full disclosure about his relationship with Oleg Deripaska, according to the Times. However, EU officials do not believe they can force Mandelson to disclose his diary of engagements under the Freedom of Information Act, because it is not a public document. This claim has come under fire in the Telegraph, which writes that the Commission should make public details of meetings between their Commissioners and lobbyists, yet requests for details of meetings made under the EU's "transparency 1049 rule" have been repeatedly refused.
Following revelations that Mandelson initially misled the public about the date of his first meeting with Deripaska, the Spectator blog notes "There's a sense this weekend that the media hurricane has moved on from George Osborne - leaving him bruised and bloodied, but unbowed - and is now bearing down on Peter Mandelson."
Mandelson has declared that he would still consider meeting Deripaska in the future, despite the controversy, according to the FT. Trevor Kavanagh argues in the Sun, "The first thing to remember when considering Peter Mandelson's version of events is that he is a proven liar."
Sunday Times Independent on Sunday NOTW Le Figaro Sun Kavanagh Times Spectator Independent Independent-Anderson FT BBC Daily Mail Daily Express Telegraph: Johnston Times Telegraph
EU member states agree system to link criminal records
European Voice reports that the EU's 27 member states have agreed to establish a system connecting their national criminal records, making it easier for law-enforcement agencies to gain information from the registers of other member states. However, it would not create a pan-European database; criminal registers would be kept separate and would remain subject to national jurisdiction.
European Voice
African unions unite against controversial EU trade pacts
According to Ugandan paper the Monitor, the Organisation of African Trade Unions Unity (OATUU) has joined the campaign against the signing of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the EU. EPAs are controversial trade opening pacts being negotiated between the EU and developing countries. The African unions claim that the agreements will cripple the economies of member countries. "The tactics bordering on blackmail and corruption, that characterises the negotiation process of the EPA, makes the whole process unacceptable to the OATUU, and the African workers," a statement from the body noted.
Monitor
EU to enforce Europe wide child maintenance payments system
European Voice reports that EU justice and home-affairs ministers have agreed to legislation that will oblige governments across the EU to enforce child maintenance payment orders made by a court elsewhere in the Union. All EU member states will apply the legislation, with the exception of Denmark, which has an opt-out on justice and home affairs legislation. The UK effectively has a partial opt-out: it will continue to use the principle of exequatur, scrutinising orders before enforcing them. As a result, UK orders will not automatically be enforced elsewhere in the EU.
European Voice
EU split on Russian policy
A "vigorous debate" is taking place among European Union governments about how far, and how quickly, to restore the EU's relations with Moscow. The disagreements come after Russia's invasion of Georgia in August, according to an internal EU policy document, the FT reports. The Irish Times reports that Germany, France and Italy are keen to restore normal relations, whilst the UK, Lithuania and Poland oppose sending a positive signal to Moscow so soon after the invasion.
FT Irish Times
Croatian PM says organised crime will not stop country's EU entry
Following Thursday's car-bomb killing of Ivo Pukanic, a journalist - the latest in a string of presumed "mafia" attacks in Zagreb, Croatian PM Ivo Sanader vowed yesterday that the country would do everything necessary to root out organised crime in time to join the EU before Sanader's current term ends in 2011.
Weekend FT EUobserver
Abkhazian officials have criticised EU monitors in the breakaway province for ignoring "armed provocations" by Georgia along its boundaries.
IHT
The IMF says it will stand by its Managing Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, despite concluding that he had shown poor judgment in a sexual affair with a subordinate.
IHT FT
Hutton backs Sarkozy's efforts to create EU army
The Sunday Times reported that John Hutton has become the first UK Defence Secretary to call for a European army - a long term French ambition for the EU. Under the EU Presidency, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has sought to develop Europe's military structures with new headquarters and rapid reaction forces, each consisting of 1,500 troops from member countries.
The Telegraph notes that when asked about the plans Hutton said, "I think we've got to be pragmatic about those things. I think that's perfectly sensible. France is one of our closest allies, and the French believe very strongly in this type of role. If we can support it, we should. I'm not one of those EU haters [who think] anything to do with the EU must by definition be terrible. There's plenty of them around. I think frankly those kind of views are pathetic."
A leader in the Telegraph argues that Hutton has failed to recognise Sarkozy's plans as "the politics of posturing". The paper notes that, with reference to Nato's mission in Afghanistan, "The performance of the French and the Germans has been particularly disappointing" and that a European force "heavy with political symbolism but light on military muscle" would undermine Nato and the transatlantic relationship.
Sunday Times Telegraph Telegraph Leader EUobserver
Grid connection hurdles could mean Britain missing EU renewable energy targets
The Times reports that the EU renewable energy and climate change targets for 2020 will be missed by Britain unless the National Grid speeds up the rate at which new generators are connected, according to leading industry figures. The grid is undergoing its biggest upgrade since the 1960s as part of a £14 billion investment project by 2012 and up to £13.5 billion more by 2020. William Law, Chairman of Lunar Energy, which is developing tidal generators, described the state of the grid as the single biggest problem facing the renewables industry.
Open Europe Research Director Hugo Robinson has a piece on Conservative Home arguing that the EU's climate and energy package "threatens the mother of all migraines for an incoming Cameron government. During his first term, he will need to deal with the double whammy of a looming and unavoidable electricity supply crunch (in which about a third of Britain's total generation capacity will be made redundant within a decade) and the 'challenge' of simultaneously implementing a massive expansion in intermittent generation sources - predominantly wind - to meet the EU renewables targets. Because of its unpredictability, wind cannot substitute for the 20GW of baseload conventional capacity that will come offline by 2020. All this makes it quite likely that a future Conservative Government will need to choose between blackouts and ditching the EU targets."
Chris Booker had an article in the Sunday Telegraph criticising wind energy, arguing that "What is dangerous is that even contemplating such a mad waste of resources is diverting attention from the genuine need to build enough proper, grown-up power stations to keep our lights on."
The EUreferendum blog focuses on the problem of intermittency in wind generation: "However much you mess about with the statistics, you cannot overcome those very simple facts: that wind is both intermittent and unpredictable."
Telegraph Booker Conservative Home Robinson Times EUreferendum
Czech President: Sarkozy wants to "siphon off our presidency"
Nicholas Sarkozy has come under attack over the weekend from Brussels diplomats and the Czech Republic following his proposal to remain in the EU Presidency beyond December, when France's Presidency ends, according to the Telegraph. In the FT, Wolfgang Münchau writes that Sarkozy may succeed in his attempts to form an "economic government" for Europe, as the tide turns in favour of increased leadership by the eurozone in the wake of the financial crisis. The Telegraph reports that one Brussels diplomat has suggested that "Mr Sarkozy is trying to become, by the back door, President of the EU".
Meanwhile the Czech President, Vaclav Klaus, has argued that Sarkozy wants to "siphon off our presidency", while arguing that the EU Presidency was "meaningless...It is prestigious for the few politicians who go to Brussels 12 times per month", reports EUobserver. The Czech Foreign Minister, Karel Schwarzenberg, has argued that the Czech Republic is unfairly being painted as an "EU villain" ahead of its presidency next year. In an interview with Le Monde, Schwarzenberg argues that the Czech Republic is "no more eurosceptic than other countries in Europe".
The Czech Prime Minister, Mirek Topolánek, has considered stepping down as leader of his party, after suffering heavy defeats in local elections at the weekend. The Social Democrats made large gains in the Senate, which potentially signals an easier passage for ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, should it be deemed compatible with the Czech constitution by the Constitutional Court, reports the Irish Times.
EUobserver IHT Irish Times FT-Munchau FT Telegraph
Commission proposes tough new regulation on derivatives trading
The Guardian reports that EU Internal Market Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy, is calling on bankers and the finance industry to agree to tough new rules on credit default swaps (CDOs). The proposed rules, that were set out at high level talks last week between the EC, bankers, regulators, investors and exchanges, would see a central body clear the trading of the complex products. Although McCreevy is seen to be an "avowed supporter of free markets and reluctant to regulate", the Guardian reports that he is under pressure from the Commission President Barroso and EU leaders including Gordon Brown to encourage the derivatives industry to come up with its own proposals by next month, or have legislation imposed on them from the EU.
The new regulation emerges as the financial crisis continues to hit Eastern Europe, with the WSJ reporting that Ukraine in particular is suffering due to the lack of credit that once flowed freely from the EU. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard argues in the Telegraph that the currency crisis is "spreading like wildfire across the former Soviet bloc", and also reports that Western European nations including Sweden, Spain and Austria are massively exposed to the problems faced by emerging economies due to the amount lent to Latin America, for example.
Meanwhile, at the EU-Asia summit in Beijing there were further calls from European leaders for a coordinated response to the crisis, although the summit fell short of offering specific solutions to the current economic troubles, the FT and IHT report.
Guardian Sunday Telegraph WSJ leader IHT FT European Voice EUobserver
UK Government fined £230m by EU for financial irregularities
The UK faces fines of up to £230m from the EU due to "irregularities" in funding for regional development projects in the North East and North West, the Telegraph reports. The potential fines are reported to be due to the funding of ineligible projects, and could have a "major impact" on the businesses and communities for which the funds are targeted, the Telegraph reports.
Telegraph
Rate of EU regulations skyrockets
A report from TaxPayers' Alliance has found that that there are currently 16,980 EU laws and regulations in force in the UK and they are increasing at a rate of 2,000 a year. The study also argues that the UK Government's tendency to 'goldplate' EU regulations lead to unnecessary high costs to British businesses. A leader in the Sun argues, "It's not just the astonishing 9,500 new laws imposed by Brussels over the last ten years. It's the gleeful fanaticism with which Whitehall's Euro-fundamentalists enforce every new edict, no matter how petty or patently potty. Not to mention the absurdly disproportionate penalties they dish out to transgressors."
Meanwhile, Andrew Roberts argued in the Sunday Telegraph that the quality of debate and oratory in the UK Parliament has declined, noting that "The fact that so many of our day-to-day laws come from Brussels today, rather than being originated at Westminster, has also impoverished political discourse."
Sun TPA PA Daily Mail Sunday Telegraph
EU secretly preparing GM push after lobbying campaign from biotech industry
Gordon Brown and other European leaders are secretly preparing an unprecedented campaign to spread GM crops and foods in Britain and throughout the continent, confidential documents obtained by The Independent on Sunday reveal.
The article notes that the biotech industry has been conducting an aggressive PR and lobbying initiative. Lobbyists have boasted of having "excellent working relations" with the European Commission.
Independent Sunday
EU emissions caps on airlines could cost 5.3bn euros - US considers legal challenge
AFP reports that EU member states on Friday agreed to impose emissions caps on airlines from 2012, upsetting airline associations as well as the United States, whose carriers will be included. From January 2012 all airline companies operating in or out of an EU country, including non-European carriers, will have to limit emissions to 97 percent of 2005 levels. Carriers are reported to be "furious" over the plans which they say threaten their very survival as they struggle to cope with recent high fuel prices and have warned that it could spark trade wars with other countries.
The Association of European Airlines has estimated that the cost could be as high as 5.3 billion euros annually in the first years of the scheme. Meanwhile, Washington has raised the prospect of launching litigation if Europe goes ahead with the targets. "It is an international, multilateral issue," one American official told AFP. "Doing something bilaterally or unilaterally on that issue could have unintended consequences for people who aren't in the room."
AFP
Tebbit: Western European republic inevitable
Former Cabinet Minister Norman Tebbit will tonight say that the creation of a new "west European republic" is inevitable after some of the chaotic reactions to the credit crunch. The remarks will come at a dinner to mark the 20th anniversary of former Premier Margaret Thatcher's speech in Bruges warning that EU integration had gone too far. Lord Tebbit will say, "In short the euro was exposed as a single currency with 15 Chancellors of the Exchequer and 15 Treasuries. In the long run there can only be one Chancellor, one Treasury, one tax system, one economic policy for any one currency - and that means one Government and one state." He will also call for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
Telegraph
Mandelson under pressure from EU to release diary
Peter Mandelson is now coming under pressure from the EU to make a full disclosure about his relationship with Oleg Deripaska, according to the Times. However, EU officials do not believe they can force Mandelson to disclose his diary of engagements under the Freedom of Information Act, because it is not a public document. This claim has come under fire in the Telegraph, which writes that the Commission should make public details of meetings between their Commissioners and lobbyists, yet requests for details of meetings made under the EU's "transparency 1049 rule" have been repeatedly refused.
Following revelations that Mandelson initially misled the public about the date of his first meeting with Deripaska, the Spectator blog notes "There's a sense this weekend that the media hurricane has moved on from George Osborne - leaving him bruised and bloodied, but unbowed - and is now bearing down on Peter Mandelson."
Mandelson has declared that he would still consider meeting Deripaska in the future, despite the controversy, according to the FT. Trevor Kavanagh argues in the Sun, "The first thing to remember when considering Peter Mandelson's version of events is that he is a proven liar."
Sunday Times Independent on Sunday NOTW Le Figaro Sun Kavanagh Times Spectator Independent Independent-Anderson FT BBC Daily Mail Daily Express Telegraph: Johnston Times Telegraph
EU member states agree system to link criminal records
European Voice reports that the EU's 27 member states have agreed to establish a system connecting their national criminal records, making it easier for law-enforcement agencies to gain information from the registers of other member states. However, it would not create a pan-European database; criminal registers would be kept separate and would remain subject to national jurisdiction.
European Voice
African unions unite against controversial EU trade pacts
According to Ugandan paper the Monitor, the Organisation of African Trade Unions Unity (OATUU) has joined the campaign against the signing of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the EU. EPAs are controversial trade opening pacts being negotiated between the EU and developing countries. The African unions claim that the agreements will cripple the economies of member countries. "The tactics bordering on blackmail and corruption, that characterises the negotiation process of the EPA, makes the whole process unacceptable to the OATUU, and the African workers," a statement from the body noted.
Monitor
EU to enforce Europe wide child maintenance payments system
European Voice reports that EU justice and home-affairs ministers have agreed to legislation that will oblige governments across the EU to enforce child maintenance payment orders made by a court elsewhere in the Union. All EU member states will apply the legislation, with the exception of Denmark, which has an opt-out on justice and home affairs legislation. The UK effectively has a partial opt-out: it will continue to use the principle of exequatur, scrutinising orders before enforcing them. As a result, UK orders will not automatically be enforced elsewhere in the EU.
European Voice
EU split on Russian policy
A "vigorous debate" is taking place among European Union governments about how far, and how quickly, to restore the EU's relations with Moscow. The disagreements come after Russia's invasion of Georgia in August, according to an internal EU policy document, the FT reports. The Irish Times reports that Germany, France and Italy are keen to restore normal relations, whilst the UK, Lithuania and Poland oppose sending a positive signal to Moscow so soon after the invasion.
FT Irish Times
Croatian PM says organised crime will not stop country's EU entry
Following Thursday's car-bomb killing of Ivo Pukanic, a journalist - the latest in a string of presumed "mafia" attacks in Zagreb, Croatian PM Ivo Sanader vowed yesterday that the country would do everything necessary to root out organised crime in time to join the EU before Sanader's current term ends in 2011.
Weekend FT EUobserver
Abkhazian officials have criticised EU monitors in the breakaway province for ignoring "armed provocations" by Georgia along its boundaries.
IHT
The IMF says it will stand by its Managing Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, despite concluding that he had shown poor judgment in a sexual affair with a subordinate.
IHT FT
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