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French Europe Minister: We want a single EU military HQ
French Europe Minister Bruno Le Maire has announced in an interview with French radio that France wants the EU to have its own single defence headquarters, autonomous of NATO. He said: “While it may be a difficult objective, in time we will need to have a [...]

Myth
1. LISBON WILL MAKE THE EU MORE EFFICIENT:

If you get rid of democracy and the need to consult with people, you can certainly get more laws passed. But will they be good laws?
Is that more efficient government? When it comes to law-making it is quality that counts, not quantity. Hitler could issue [...]

Climate Change: Lisbon would commit the EU to “promoting measures at international level” to deal with problems arising from climate change. This is good, but note that it is “at international level”. It would give the EU no new internal powers. Internally EU environmental policies are subordinate to the competition rules of [...]

*** EU-US “OPENS SKIES” TREATY THREATENS GLOBAL WARNING AND REDUCES
NATIONAL POWERS.

Ireland could lose its ability to impose environmental taxes, pollution
restrictions and safety safeguards on airlines under a draft Treaty between
the EU and the USA which curtails the power of national governments. The
draft treaty, meant to liberalise aviation,includes a little noticed clause
that requires EU Member [...]

COMMENT: The first article below is the measure of how the EU
distorts world trade and beggars poorer nations. It is not subsidies TO
farmers that are the problem but EXPORT subsidies of EU produce. In this
the EU accounts for the vast majority of such subsidies.
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EU FARMERS THE BEST PROTECTED IN THE WORLD

By Lisbeth Kirk, [...]