Ares
17th July 2015, 04:26 AM
Brussels has Always Acted this Way
As the Greek “deal” continues to flounder, and the IMF itself tells the world how untenable the entire package is, it’s not simply the bankster plan for Greece that seems to be hitting a snag. Indeed, now that it’s been made public that EU creditors have stated “there is no point in holding elections”, many folks are up in arms. The most interesting thing about the whole Greek affair, is watching peoples’ reactions to the EU’s response to the Greek vote. Many in Europe seem caught off guard by the heavy-handed nature of Berlin and Brussels, and I submit that those folks weren’t paying very close attention to the true nature of this political entity.
This talk of nations not having a say in the EU because they’re currently debtor nations, or under bailouts, is absolute nonsense. The fact of the matter is this: the member states of the EU have never had a say, whatsoever! I intend to show in the lines to follow that this act of ignoring what the Greek people is just the latest, most flagrant episode in a long train of technocratic abuses.
The idea that it’s simply that bailed-out nations don’t have any sovereignty within the EU is laughable. It has nothing to do with the debt or the fact that Greece has been bailed out, the ugly truth is this: the EU has never honored the wills of its member states when they’ve said “No”, to whatever the Brussels agenda happened to be, and I intend to prove that in the lines to follow.
Vote if You Like, but The Plan Goes On
It was 2005, and the Eurocrats of the fledgling EU were keenly trying to consolidate their gains from years past. They didn’t simply want a currency or economic union, it wasn’t merely about that: they wanted a political union, and the manner in which they intended to accomplish that was to push a “European Constitution”, for all member states to share.
Having drawn up a constitution, they put it to a vote for the peoples of Europe, and decided to launch the kickoff in Spain. At first it appeared that the new EU Constitution might sail through in relative ease, as the Spanish people widely approved that constitution, with over 80% of voters agreeing to ratify it.
However, things suddenly took a turn for the worse, as the next country, France, put the constitution to a ballot. Immediately, there was trouble on the horizon. From the far left, to the far right, the French weren’t simply skeptical about the entire treaty, they were skeptical about the process of ratification, and even the idea of a political union itself.
The French, still wary of the last time someone tried to unite Europe in the 1940’s, showed a great distrust for the entire experiment, and showed it at the polls. In an unmistakable act of defiance, the French people rejected the new EU constitution by a vote of roughly 55% to 45%, sending the Eurocrats into hysteria. After all, how could such a vital project gain momentum if just the 2nd country voting on it had soundly defeated it?
http://thewealthwatchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/iron-fist-4.png
While the technocrats cried out that all of Europe was doomed, that the vote would “set France back” among her peers, and that the EU project would be halted for 10 years….the plan still rolled on. However, the banksters in Brussels and Berlin were soon to be dealt another stinging embarrassment…
The Next Country to Say No
For the next EU member was about to nix the Constitution via their referendum as well. This time the gallant act was carried out by none other than the Dutch. In the first referendum of its kind held in the Netherlands in over 2 centuries, the Dutch people told the EU Commission and States-General, exactly what they thought about this new European constitution.
The question on the ballot was incredibly straightforward:
“Are you in favour of or against approval by the Netherlands of the treaty establishing a constitution for Europe?”
This time, fresh off the heroic rejection by France, the nationalists and Eurosceptics of the Dutch people were emboldened, and cut down the ratification by an even larger margin, as nearly 2/3 of their populace told Brussels where to stick it.
http://thewealthwatchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/iron-fist-5.png
Once again, the banksters and career politicians in Brussels assured everyone that the sky was truly caving in, and that Europe as they’d known it could soon break out in war(yes, some actually said this), and that the noble countries of Europe would soon revert back to caveman times.
Even though these referendums were ‘non-binding’ to the EU government, the rejection was so humiliating for those masterminding the EU project, that soon thereafter, the remaining countries who’d promised referendums decided to cancel them indefinitely!
Now brothers, surely you’d think that these back-to-back smackdowns of the EU constitution would’ve put the kibosh on the whole notion of a “more perfect” EU political union, right?
Wrong!
After all, when secret bankster plans, in preparation for decades, are on the line….those banksters can hardly allow pesky things like “consent of the governed” to obstruct the consolidation of power into the hands of the very few, can they? They were bound and determined to ensure that this slow-moving steamroller called the EU, continued on, without veering, to crush the sovereignty of its member states forever…and in their next move, they showed their true colors for the world to see…
http://thewealthwatchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/iron-fist-3.jpg
Treaty of Lisbon
You must understand this about our opponents: technocrats and banksters never, ever give up. They simply go back to their caves, and try a different approach later, and what’s precisely what the banksters’ next move was…
After the stinging rejection of their Constitutional Treaty, they decided to let things cool off, by going into a “period of reflection”. During this crucial time, the Eurocrats decided to simply allow previous EU treaties to dictate how things would run, and not push a centralized constitutional document for a time.
Several years later though, in 2008, when they felt the period of dormancy had lulled many voters into a more apathetic state, they decided to try ratifying of another centralizing treaty. This time the treaty in question was called the “Lisbon Treaty”. In this treaty, they decided to simply amend all prior, pre-existing treaties, and consolidate gains by simply adding it as an addendum to prior agreements. It was a craft move that put the momentum back in the Eurocrats’ favor…that is, until a tiny country, stood in the way of this oncoming EU steamroller.
Ireland’s constitution allowed it to actually put it to a vote of their people, whether to accept or reject the Lisbon Treaty. This had the Eurocrats fuming again, as they knew that if given the to actually vote on these EU proposals, the people oftentimes vote “incorrectly”.
That’s precisely what Ireland did, as their nationalists and Eurosceptics once again gunned down the Lisbon Treaty in 2008. The problem for the banksters though, was that while most all other countries could simply be compelled by the EU government to accept this new treaty, by EU law, all treaties have to be unanimously accepted in order to have “force of law”.
Ireland, had the nerve to single-handedly stand in the way of this bankster dream of a politically-fused European project. This vote couldn’t be allowed to be the final say. Something had to be done.
So the banksters went back to the Lisbon Treaty, made a few topical changes, and then insisted that the Irish people(who’d just resoundingly said “no”), vote on their treaty again…..until they “got it right”.
This time, through an overwhelming campaign of threats and cajoling, they swung enough Irish voters to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, and make it a part of the Irish Constitution.
So, as you can see, brothers…the EU isn’t trying to force these terms on the Greeks, simply because they are “debtors”, or because they’ve been bailed-out. The plain, ugly truth, is that the EU has never cared about “consent of the governed” at all. In fact, referendums, in their eyes are anathema, because, the central planners know that if actually given the chance to express their feelings for a more centralized EU state….the peoples of Europe will say no.
You can see now why the Troika went so far as to remove previous Greek Prime Ministers from their post, for daring to call for a referendum. These Eurocrats know that they don’t really have the peoples of Europe behind them. It’s never been about democracy, or freedom, or consent….it’s always been about power.
Thanks to the recent “OXI” vote of Greece, the entire world now knows it, too.
Conclusion
I’ve always contended, and still do, that the EU in its current form is not viable whatsoever. It’s not just unviable as a currency, it’s unviable as a political and economic union as well. It is unviable because it has no legitimacy. Any central government which goes on with their plans, and callously ignores or rejects the will of its member states in their votes or referendums, has sown the seeds of its own demise, and cannot survive.
It has been suggested by Varoufakis that the real reason Germany is making this Greek situation even more unbearable, is to cower the French people into staying in the Eurozone. That’s entirely possible, after all, from Britain to Finland, Nationalist and Eurosceptic parties are winning stunning victories across the entire political landscape, in nearly every country polled. The same rings true in France, where the National Front has gone from strength to strength in recent elections. All of this does not bode well for the entire EU structure.
This time, however, I believe Brussels and Berlin have overplayed their hand. The current attempt to quash the will of the Greek people is resulting in irreparable harm to the entire notion of a “United States of Europe”. This episode is totally different from the previous instances, because this is not 2005 or 2008. Back in those previous “steam-roller” episodes, times were good, the global, financial crisis hadn’t even occurred yet, and social media did not exist in its current form. People weren’t instantly plugged into the vote, texting “OXI” to tens of millions of people. There is now less legitimacy to this whole charade than ever before.
Even if the European banking system wasn’t sitting on a powderkeg of many tens of trillions of dangerous derivatives(linked to insolvent countries and lending institutions), the EU as a viable project is all but finished. Its policies are now grossly unjust, unfair, and unwanted by both creditor and borrower alike.
The true nature of this rickety construct is now showing for all the world to see. Now, far from the seeming “steam-roller of inevitability”, that people once thought it was…it now appears as just a handful of weak, scared, and angry old men, who are desperately trying to hold it all together with chewing gum and duct tape.
It rolls on still, yes, but the European peoples now see true face of this monster, and they’re increasingly of the conviction that the cost of Union is far, far too high. At this point, even the slightest, unseen bump will plant this cadre of central planners flat on their faces.
I think I speak for tens of millions when I say:
It can’t happen soon enough.
http://thewealthwatchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/iron-fist-11.jpg
http://thewealthwatchman.com/why-the-iron-fisted-tactics-of-the-eu-will-help-bring-its-downfall/
As the Greek “deal” continues to flounder, and the IMF itself tells the world how untenable the entire package is, it’s not simply the bankster plan for Greece that seems to be hitting a snag. Indeed, now that it’s been made public that EU creditors have stated “there is no point in holding elections”, many folks are up in arms. The most interesting thing about the whole Greek affair, is watching peoples’ reactions to the EU’s response to the Greek vote. Many in Europe seem caught off guard by the heavy-handed nature of Berlin and Brussels, and I submit that those folks weren’t paying very close attention to the true nature of this political entity.
This talk of nations not having a say in the EU because they’re currently debtor nations, or under bailouts, is absolute nonsense. The fact of the matter is this: the member states of the EU have never had a say, whatsoever! I intend to show in the lines to follow that this act of ignoring what the Greek people is just the latest, most flagrant episode in a long train of technocratic abuses.
The idea that it’s simply that bailed-out nations don’t have any sovereignty within the EU is laughable. It has nothing to do with the debt or the fact that Greece has been bailed out, the ugly truth is this: the EU has never honored the wills of its member states when they’ve said “No”, to whatever the Brussels agenda happened to be, and I intend to prove that in the lines to follow.
Vote if You Like, but The Plan Goes On
It was 2005, and the Eurocrats of the fledgling EU were keenly trying to consolidate their gains from years past. They didn’t simply want a currency or economic union, it wasn’t merely about that: they wanted a political union, and the manner in which they intended to accomplish that was to push a “European Constitution”, for all member states to share.
Having drawn up a constitution, they put it to a vote for the peoples of Europe, and decided to launch the kickoff in Spain. At first it appeared that the new EU Constitution might sail through in relative ease, as the Spanish people widely approved that constitution, with over 80% of voters agreeing to ratify it.
However, things suddenly took a turn for the worse, as the next country, France, put the constitution to a ballot. Immediately, there was trouble on the horizon. From the far left, to the far right, the French weren’t simply skeptical about the entire treaty, they were skeptical about the process of ratification, and even the idea of a political union itself.
The French, still wary of the last time someone tried to unite Europe in the 1940’s, showed a great distrust for the entire experiment, and showed it at the polls. In an unmistakable act of defiance, the French people rejected the new EU constitution by a vote of roughly 55% to 45%, sending the Eurocrats into hysteria. After all, how could such a vital project gain momentum if just the 2nd country voting on it had soundly defeated it?
http://thewealthwatchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/iron-fist-4.png
While the technocrats cried out that all of Europe was doomed, that the vote would “set France back” among her peers, and that the EU project would be halted for 10 years….the plan still rolled on. However, the banksters in Brussels and Berlin were soon to be dealt another stinging embarrassment…
The Next Country to Say No
For the next EU member was about to nix the Constitution via their referendum as well. This time the gallant act was carried out by none other than the Dutch. In the first referendum of its kind held in the Netherlands in over 2 centuries, the Dutch people told the EU Commission and States-General, exactly what they thought about this new European constitution.
The question on the ballot was incredibly straightforward:
“Are you in favour of or against approval by the Netherlands of the treaty establishing a constitution for Europe?”
This time, fresh off the heroic rejection by France, the nationalists and Eurosceptics of the Dutch people were emboldened, and cut down the ratification by an even larger margin, as nearly 2/3 of their populace told Brussels where to stick it.
http://thewealthwatchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/iron-fist-5.png
Once again, the banksters and career politicians in Brussels assured everyone that the sky was truly caving in, and that Europe as they’d known it could soon break out in war(yes, some actually said this), and that the noble countries of Europe would soon revert back to caveman times.
Even though these referendums were ‘non-binding’ to the EU government, the rejection was so humiliating for those masterminding the EU project, that soon thereafter, the remaining countries who’d promised referendums decided to cancel them indefinitely!
Now brothers, surely you’d think that these back-to-back smackdowns of the EU constitution would’ve put the kibosh on the whole notion of a “more perfect” EU political union, right?
Wrong!
After all, when secret bankster plans, in preparation for decades, are on the line….those banksters can hardly allow pesky things like “consent of the governed” to obstruct the consolidation of power into the hands of the very few, can they? They were bound and determined to ensure that this slow-moving steamroller called the EU, continued on, without veering, to crush the sovereignty of its member states forever…and in their next move, they showed their true colors for the world to see…
http://thewealthwatchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/iron-fist-3.jpg
Treaty of Lisbon
You must understand this about our opponents: technocrats and banksters never, ever give up. They simply go back to their caves, and try a different approach later, and what’s precisely what the banksters’ next move was…
After the stinging rejection of their Constitutional Treaty, they decided to let things cool off, by going into a “period of reflection”. During this crucial time, the Eurocrats decided to simply allow previous EU treaties to dictate how things would run, and not push a centralized constitutional document for a time.
Several years later though, in 2008, when they felt the period of dormancy had lulled many voters into a more apathetic state, they decided to try ratifying of another centralizing treaty. This time the treaty in question was called the “Lisbon Treaty”. In this treaty, they decided to simply amend all prior, pre-existing treaties, and consolidate gains by simply adding it as an addendum to prior agreements. It was a craft move that put the momentum back in the Eurocrats’ favor…that is, until a tiny country, stood in the way of this oncoming EU steamroller.
Ireland’s constitution allowed it to actually put it to a vote of their people, whether to accept or reject the Lisbon Treaty. This had the Eurocrats fuming again, as they knew that if given the to actually vote on these EU proposals, the people oftentimes vote “incorrectly”.
That’s precisely what Ireland did, as their nationalists and Eurosceptics once again gunned down the Lisbon Treaty in 2008. The problem for the banksters though, was that while most all other countries could simply be compelled by the EU government to accept this new treaty, by EU law, all treaties have to be unanimously accepted in order to have “force of law”.
Ireland, had the nerve to single-handedly stand in the way of this bankster dream of a politically-fused European project. This vote couldn’t be allowed to be the final say. Something had to be done.
So the banksters went back to the Lisbon Treaty, made a few topical changes, and then insisted that the Irish people(who’d just resoundingly said “no”), vote on their treaty again…..until they “got it right”.
This time, through an overwhelming campaign of threats and cajoling, they swung enough Irish voters to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, and make it a part of the Irish Constitution.
So, as you can see, brothers…the EU isn’t trying to force these terms on the Greeks, simply because they are “debtors”, or because they’ve been bailed-out. The plain, ugly truth, is that the EU has never cared about “consent of the governed” at all. In fact, referendums, in their eyes are anathema, because, the central planners know that if actually given the chance to express their feelings for a more centralized EU state….the peoples of Europe will say no.
You can see now why the Troika went so far as to remove previous Greek Prime Ministers from their post, for daring to call for a referendum. These Eurocrats know that they don’t really have the peoples of Europe behind them. It’s never been about democracy, or freedom, or consent….it’s always been about power.
Thanks to the recent “OXI” vote of Greece, the entire world now knows it, too.
Conclusion
I’ve always contended, and still do, that the EU in its current form is not viable whatsoever. It’s not just unviable as a currency, it’s unviable as a political and economic union as well. It is unviable because it has no legitimacy. Any central government which goes on with their plans, and callously ignores or rejects the will of its member states in their votes or referendums, has sown the seeds of its own demise, and cannot survive.
It has been suggested by Varoufakis that the real reason Germany is making this Greek situation even more unbearable, is to cower the French people into staying in the Eurozone. That’s entirely possible, after all, from Britain to Finland, Nationalist and Eurosceptic parties are winning stunning victories across the entire political landscape, in nearly every country polled. The same rings true in France, where the National Front has gone from strength to strength in recent elections. All of this does not bode well for the entire EU structure.
This time, however, I believe Brussels and Berlin have overplayed their hand. The current attempt to quash the will of the Greek people is resulting in irreparable harm to the entire notion of a “United States of Europe”. This episode is totally different from the previous instances, because this is not 2005 or 2008. Back in those previous “steam-roller” episodes, times were good, the global, financial crisis hadn’t even occurred yet, and social media did not exist in its current form. People weren’t instantly plugged into the vote, texting “OXI” to tens of millions of people. There is now less legitimacy to this whole charade than ever before.
Even if the European banking system wasn’t sitting on a powderkeg of many tens of trillions of dangerous derivatives(linked to insolvent countries and lending institutions), the EU as a viable project is all but finished. Its policies are now grossly unjust, unfair, and unwanted by both creditor and borrower alike.
The true nature of this rickety construct is now showing for all the world to see. Now, far from the seeming “steam-roller of inevitability”, that people once thought it was…it now appears as just a handful of weak, scared, and angry old men, who are desperately trying to hold it all together with chewing gum and duct tape.
It rolls on still, yes, but the European peoples now see true face of this monster, and they’re increasingly of the conviction that the cost of Union is far, far too high. At this point, even the slightest, unseen bump will plant this cadre of central planners flat on their faces.
I think I speak for tens of millions when I say:
It can’t happen soon enough.
http://thewealthwatchman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/iron-fist-11.jpg
http://thewealthwatchman.com/why-the-iron-fisted-tactics-of-the-eu-will-help-bring-its-downfall/