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22nd November 2011, 10:57 PM
Saturday, November 19, 2011
EU CHIEF: THE TIME HAS COME FOR A FEDERAL EUROPE (http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/271279/EU-chief-The-time-has-come-for-a-Federal-Europe)
By Emily Fox for express.co.uk
A HUGE European superstate is the only solution to the economic crisis engulfing the continent, the President of the European Commission declared today.
Jose Manuel Barroso claimed the fate of the euro and European Union were intertwined and that the only answer to the growing threat of collapse was a massive Federal Europe.
As the crisis in Greece deepened Mr Barroso told the European Parliament: "We are confronted with the most serious challenge of a generation.
"What we need now is a new, unifying impulse, a new federalist moment - let's not be afraid to use the word.
"The right way to stop the negative cycle and strengthen the euro is to deepen integration, mainly in the euro area. This is the way to go."
He even claimed the crisis was "a fight".
"This is a fight for the jobs and prosperity of families in all our member states.
What we need now is a new, unifying impulse, a new federalist moment - let's not be afraid to use the word
"This is a fight for the economic and political future of Europe.
"This is a fight for what Europe represents in the world. This is a fight for European integration itself," he added.
His outrageous land grab comes as two French Banks were downgraded by Moody's, one of the big three credit agencies, due to their exposure to the Greek debt.
He said the big problem was that new rules governing the running of the euro area had been agreed but not fully implemented by the euro-zone countries.
Barroso added: "In the cacophony of criticisms, counter-criticisms, magic bullets and miracle panaceas that are proposed on a daily basis, the truth has been drowned out - that solid, feasible and concrete proposals have been made. That they have been agreed upon. But they have taken too long and have not yet been fully delivered.
EU CHIEF: THE TIME HAS COME FOR A FEDERAL EUROPE (http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/271279/EU-chief-The-time-has-come-for-a-Federal-Europe)
By Emily Fox for express.co.uk
A HUGE European superstate is the only solution to the economic crisis engulfing the continent, the President of the European Commission declared today.
Jose Manuel Barroso claimed the fate of the euro and European Union were intertwined and that the only answer to the growing threat of collapse was a massive Federal Europe.
As the crisis in Greece deepened Mr Barroso told the European Parliament: "We are confronted with the most serious challenge of a generation.
"What we need now is a new, unifying impulse, a new federalist moment - let's not be afraid to use the word.
"The right way to stop the negative cycle and strengthen the euro is to deepen integration, mainly in the euro area. This is the way to go."
He even claimed the crisis was "a fight".
"This is a fight for the jobs and prosperity of families in all our member states.
What we need now is a new, unifying impulse, a new federalist moment - let's not be afraid to use the word
"This is a fight for the economic and political future of Europe.
"This is a fight for what Europe represents in the world. This is a fight for European integration itself," he added.
His outrageous land grab comes as two French Banks were downgraded by Moody's, one of the big three credit agencies, due to their exposure to the Greek debt.
He said the big problem was that new rules governing the running of the euro area had been agreed but not fully implemented by the euro-zone countries.
Barroso added: "In the cacophony of criticisms, counter-criticisms, magic bullets and miracle panaceas that are proposed on a daily basis, the truth has been drowned out - that solid, feasible and concrete proposals have been made. That they have been agreed upon. But they have taken too long and have not yet been fully delivered.