SOVEREIGNTY
- The letter recognises that the UK "is not committed to further political integration into the European Union"
- A "red card" system will allow the House of Commons to band together with like-minded EU parliaments and block unwanted Brussels legislation
This is a to whom it may concern letter from Donald Tusk a very well paid EU Polish appartachik. It is not a Treaty change or even a proposal for such. It is as worthless as Neville Chamberlain's, "Peace in our time" bit of paper was in 1938. Somebody should remind Mr Tusk that it was the UK who guaranteed his countries sovereignty and fought for it. Who guarantees his letter? Adolf Hitler seems to be flavour of the month amongst the newt lovers but he forgot his promise the following year just as the EU will forget its promises to Cameron after the UK votes to Remain in the EU.
French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday that he was opposed at this stage to concluding the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States.
"As things stand in the international trade negotiations, the French position is 'no'," Hollande said in a speech in Paris.
Earlier on Tuesday French Trade Minister Matthias Fekl said a halt to the trade talks was now likely. France has been particularly vocal about what it sees as a lack of movement on the U.S. side
US billionaire, Buffet is eager for us to stay in the EU to boost his profits.
Time to wise up Brits these guys are saying what is good for themselves, they don't give a toss for ordinary working Brits only their bottom line matters.
Best read an excellent piece by Nigel Lawson in today's Telegraph entitled "The EU only exists to create a superstate. We have no part in it."
The nature of the superstate was exposed today by Herr Juncker. The Telegraph reports,
Whilst the Turks continue to squeeze the Euros out of the EU for migrant blood money. Below us from Reuters
Turkey to abolish visas for EU states including Cyprus under migrant deal
ANKARA |
Turkey has agreed to abolish visa restrictions for all European Union citizens, including Greek Cypriots, passing one of the last remaining hurdles for it to secure visa-free access to Europe for its own nationals.
The Turkish cabinet late on Monday approved waiving visas for visitors from all 28 EU member states once Europe relaxes its own visa requirements for Turks, according to a decision published in the country's Official Gazette.
Although the visa waiver will apply to Greek Cypriots, a Turkish official told Reuters it did not amount to Turkish recognition of Cyprus.
Liberalising visa rules for Turkey, a Muslim country of 79 million people, is a contentious issue among EU states, but Brussels is pushing ahead to keep a migration accord in place that should help ease Europe's worst migration crisis since World War Two.
The European Commission is expected to declare on Wednesday that Turkey has broadly met the criteria for visa liberalisation and to ask EU governments and the European Parliament to approve the decision by the end of June.
"With this decree, Turkey has fulfilled one more of the important benchmarks for visa liberalisation," European Commission spokesman Margaritas Schinas told a daily briefing in Brussels.
NO RECOGNITION OF CYPRUS
One of the biggest obstacles in Turkey's relations with the EU is Ankara's refusal to recognise EU member Cyprus, the Mediterranean island divided for four decades between the Turkish-controlled north, recognised only by Ankara, and the Greek Cypriot south, which has international recognition.
"This doesn't mean the recognition of Cyprus. If the EU abolishes visas for Turkish citizens, then we will also abolish visas for the remaining EU countries," the Turkish official said on condition of anonymity because the full deal has not yet been finalised.
"Right now, Greek Cypriots can already travel to Turkey, but we are issuing their visa on a separate paper. With this new arrangement they won't need a visa."
Cyprus would wait for the assessment review of the European Commission on Wednesday before making any comment, government spokesman Nikos Christodoulides told the Cyprus News Agency.
Nordic foreign ministers meeting in Finland said it was important that Turkey reached all 72 criteria before visa-free travel for Turks could be allowed.
"It is an important deal, we need it in Europe. But we must be strict in that sense, that when we have agreed on those benchmarks, they should be fulfilled," Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini, head of the nationalist Finns party, told a news conference.
It is as I wrote earlier The Turks have the EU/Merkel over a barrel. It reminds me of the homosexual rape scene in Lawrence of Arabia when Peter O'Toole is bugered by a Turkish officer.
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