Negotiation by Diktat

The three MEP representing the European Parliament in the non-negotiations underway in the so-called "Inter-Governmental Conference" or IGC on the unalterable mandate handed down from the non-democratic and secret European Council meeting of last June have issued the following obscure press release, linked here. Slightly more light is thrown on what they might be hinting at what they are trying not to reveal is provided by EUPolitix linked from here. The following is what they say they intend:

Brok the parliament’s former foreign affairs committee chair, in an article to be published in the next issue of the Parliament Magazine is adamant that the IGC’s mandate, reached by EU leaders in June, should not be compromised.

“For the European parliament, it is of the utmost importance that the mandate for the IGC is fulfilled as agreed,” says Brok.

“The parliament will not demand any politically motivated changes to be made, but we will also not accept any demands by member states to revise the given mandate.”

They then continued, apparently, with suggestions as to changes each would like to see being made or clarifications undertaken. Excellent, for if one substantial change is made from the mandate then the whole house of cards will, of course, come tumbling down. This Brok person, supposedly a close associate of Angela Merkel and part of the dreadfully federalist and overbearing EPP block in the parliament, to which Cameron's Tories still belong maintaining it as the largest block to our nations continuing cost, has been pretty high profile of late, so here are some Google results for the benefit of my own research and my treasured readers. Elmar Brok - EU Parliament Profile; EPP Press Release on his appointment to Reform Treaty Conference; Stop moaning or leave the EU, Brok tells Britain; Britain's EU opt outs humiliating.