France, NATO, Sovereignty, Lisbon and the EU elections.

Those of us who believe that the EU is pursuing a fatally flawed plan in its aims for Europe would be well advised to stand back for a moment and try to consider things from a non-national perspective. English speakers tend to depend for their news inputs on English sources, the launch of Libertas in France might thus appear of equal significance to the same party's launch the day before in the UK. Glance at the web pages of the MPF, linked here, and it will quickly become obvious that nothing could be further from the truth. Next read the editorial in today's Independent, linked here, on the significance for France on the proposal to rejoin Nato's central command. Note the Libertas call for a referendum on such a dramatic foreign policy shift, which awaits parliamentary approval. Compare the response to Libertas by UKIP as recorded in Politics UK linked here, from which comes this quote: There's a rather bewildering assumption that because Declan campaigned so successfully for a No vote in the Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty that he's therefore against further integration, ever closer union and the rest of the federalist claptrap. We in UKIP stood alongside him in that campaign and thoroughly admire what he achieved. However, we're also very much aware that he's in favour of much of what makes up the European Project. It's really just the Lisbon Treaty he doesn't like. Is UKIP in danger of being disqualified from sitting in the EU Parliament at some point for non-support of the "Project"? This blog believes that the EU elections should be cancelled because of the economic crisis. Because of the deep corruption amongst MEP over many years and the growing outrage at their increasingly excessive and pointless regulation - anyone elected as an MEP next June is likely to find themselves amongst the most detested group of low-lives across the entire European Continent - and deservedly so.