On Saturday December 10th is the day after Day 1 of Year 0 of the New Europe, or at least that is what
everyone can understand, after the dangerous game that our "leaders" in Europe have been afoot in the EU. It has been many months of stress and indecision, which nearly swept away what cost so much after World War II.
This forcibly Germanized Europe, unable to reply or alternative model, at least there have been two key issues: on one side is left behind the paralyzing threat to Britain's permanent veto any decision that we did draft in progress EMU or any other issue that might be relevant, and second, as a result of this, the suicide of a UK history has never known who is now in the global environment in which the match was played in history .
While France and Germany have taken, or that seem to understand that their individual weight is negligible in the world as a whole, the UK refuses to understand his tiny role on the world stage, and that is the tip of the iceberg of the problem to Euro crisis brought it up.
In addition, there are other issues that are too paradoxical in this process. Precisely the Franco-German directory has been precisely the worst offenders of the Stability Pact (with 14 ads in both cases, compared to 4 of Spain) in recent years. On the other hand, the Commission's role has faded completely, due to be held by a technocrat able to unite the voice of the College, despite the efforts of Van Rompuy to develop agreements and philias from its institutional role .
But if anything is evident throughout this crisis, and it's highly disturbing, is the European parliament is seen as entirely separate. The voice of the European citizen sovereignty was conveniently silent. This Union, intergovernmental seems more than ever, with too powerful a European Council, which is led by a team that has no translation in the EU treaties, and therefore lacks institutional legitimacy (not democratic) to carry to implement their decisions. Once again, the great sacrifice of a crisis scenario is the European people, and all for the defense of austerity policies imposed on us zero deficit markets, but have not been subjected to rigorous debate, and in Parliament National or foreign ministries.
We have two years to make sacrifices and there's not a moment of relaxation. The risk premium rises, the bags do not grow, or increase growth or low unemployment ... Therefore, the question is clear, this model takes imposing over the years does not work to generate wealth and growth. Do you feel our leaders to raise alternative policies, or are we going to have to jump through hoops Mrs. Merkel permanent in the coming years, financing the German debt free? What will happen when they start manufacturing a surplus in its warehouse will ajarse because nobody in Europe can buy them by the fall in demand?, Does China, Vietnam, India, Brazil? I doubt it. Germany is by shooting in the foot and is bleeding to death slowly, almost without realizing it.
But back to the new European limbo. Already have clearly defined border, and is among the North Sea and the Strait of Dover, is called Great Britain. Thanks to UK may be the biggest boost to federal court since the Treaty of Rome, with a very confederal as hitherto led. Not surprisingly the addition of the United Kingdom to the European Economic Community in 1973, was more an attempt to counterbalance its national interests, which add to the construction of a European, indeed invented contraCEE, this monstrosity called EFTA, the left to die when they saw that even the partners who are not EU members, are interested in developing bilateral agreements to take advantage of the integrated market of the Union.
David Cameron has gone further than even Margaret Thatcher would have liked, much Europhobes, very pragmatic, knowing that being inside is always about to stop any purpose that is considered an "attack" national against British interests. You know, friends have to have them around, but even more enemies. The point is that far from being a good choice (in the short term it is), the medium is suicide for the United Kingdom. Not in political terms, the British press is very much in line with Cameron, even the Guardian is not very radical to this position, to the Financial Times is quite light, the feeling is that they are "free" from the European dictatorship.
But make no mistake. The City UK financial represents the worst of the global financial crisis. It is almost a tax haven that has allowed Europe to avoid disturbing his wayward European partner. It is the largest "washing" dirty money coming from the countries of Eastern Europe (especially one), and other "markets" of questionable character. The way the House of Commons and Lords who bring millions pampers currency under his arm, as new banking or investment funds, has produced such a drunk Cameron's attitude is a reflection of it. In fact, attended the summit in Brussels no Plan B, as all his predecessors have done for 40 years because they knew they were going to give everything for them not to leave until the situation has unanimously false gone, finally.
In fact the UK has many economic problems, a large debt and running out of the protective mantle of the EU can bring more problems than advantages. If the measures will be implemented tax harmonization and a strict EMU, the pound will be alone, and the Euro may paradoxically screened out of this crisis, doing in a year, which had to be done in a decade.
However, Cameron's government will crumble soon, because even the support of David Clegg is vital to the support of the government, thanks to Tory pact with the LibDems: the truth is that the foundations of this party are open European and this can be considered as another betrayal (being especially recently, the rise in university fees, and lost the referendum on electoral reform.) politically Clegg died several times, and even the cats are limited lives. First, we must see what happens with the "lost" politically and ideologically Miliband's Labour Party, not very pro-European and that this step will greatly out of position to give the following. And do not forget that Cameron has more enemies at home it was: the Mayor of London Boris Johnson and the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail , to give three examples glaring.
The point is that this weekend a new Europe is born, neither better nor worse, different. A Europe that we will discover together, and in which the voice of citizens can not be extinguished.
The United Kingdom has always said the fog of English Channel separates the continent from the islands, but today the feeling is that the UK fleet in the Atlantic solo limbo, not knowing who they are, where they go and most importantly never imagined that would make this journey alone, without anyone and without the siren across the Atlantic that have been forgotten in Europe and Asia clearly look.
Are we witnessing a historic euthanasia in the UK, or is a new page in European construction, we do not know where it leads? I see among all
PS: You may have noticed the inane Baroness Ashton of what happened this weekend, will find out tomorrow or the newspapers.