Why is Barroso to discuss an EU Finance Transfer Tax in Australia?

Why is the British Coalition Government silent on every major issue affecting the future of the European Continent, of which we are presumably a part, if only when picking up the tab.

Barroso, the former Maoist and Portuguese revolutionary, is serving his second term as nominated head of the EU Commission. The report on his plan to discuss an EU wide tax with the Australians, which none of the existing Treaties allow nor even envisage, is linked here.

After Australia, this over-paid, over-pensioned, waste of space continues to New Zealand, another former close ally of Britain, where many of us also continue to have family and close ties, we must all pay for him and his no doubt large team of hangers on, to further sully our reputations and support for democracy as he continues to other nations of the G20.

All without any mandate, nor any consent, nor any valid legal justification whatsoever.

In Azerbaijan, Barroso is a great man!

Pithy stuff from Der Spiegel, read here. Another quote from the same article:

Barroso has now pitted himself against Merkel, and the fight is being watched by an anxious and critical audience that is made up on the one hand of the EU citizens, who especially in Greece are worried about their living standards and are constantly taking to the streets in fresh protests. The audience also includes the financial markets. If they start feeling like the Europeans can't get a grip on their problems, they can cause entire countries to teeter and the euro to crash. Under these circumstances, the issue is whether European democracy can function under the gaze of such executioners.