Pierre Lellouche
“It’s not going to happen for a minute. Nobody is going to indulge in rewriting (treaties for) many, many years. Nobody is going to play with the institutions again. It’s going to be take it or leave it and they (the Conservatives) should be honest about that.”
So says M. Pierre Lellouche in the Guardian today. M. Lallouche is, of course, the French Europe Minister. He is also a member of the UMP, the French centre-right Party, which once viewed itself as the sister party of the British Conservatives. M. Lellouche, reported to be one of the most Anglophile members of Nicolas Sarkozy’s government, is also on record as accusing the Tories as “castrating Britain’s position on the EU”.
To make matters even more uncomfortable for the Tories, their idea that they could overturn the principle that EU law overrides national legislation simply cannot be implemented. The Factortame litigation led to a series of landmark decisions in UK and EU law and the case confirmd the supremacy of European Union law over national law in the areas where the EU has competence.
It is clear to me that the Tories are ducking their “Clause 4″ moment”. Instead of taking on those in their Party who are implacably opposed to Europe and dealing with the issue once and for all by holding a referendum on whether Britain should withdraw from the Eurpean Union, they are putting forward impossible policies which totally lack credibility in the hope of placating the Eurosceptics, newspapers as well as MPs.
Mr Cameron should be brave, stand up and be counted and say he will hold a referendum about whether or not Britain should stay in the EU. This is the only honest policy from the Tory point of view. Grasp the nettle Mr Cameron, do what you have to do. Face up to your very own Tory “Clause 4 Moment”. Your pussyfooting is doing this country no good at all.
How is it good for Britain that EU law has supremacy? Factortame may have confirmed EU supremacy; thus it is a change in the law is required to reverse that position!
We – the UK that is – can leave if we wish to do so, and it will be a lot less complex than such a process can be made to appear. That surely is the 800 llb gorilla in the drawing room – we can get out pretty fast if the whole edifice becomes intolerable. And there is nothing that any EU bureaucrat or their political allies can do about it. How likely are they to ever use a military option? Hmmm. (Samzidata)
Treaty, what treaty? What are they going to do? They need us more than we need them!
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As for Tories Clause 4 moment….lol
The Tories are the Party of tradition – not change!
They want to march Britain back to Britain of the 19th Century – thats what is so tragic.
We have a complient media…we have a worn out Labour Government…but what Tories offer is…Back to the Past.
Glorious Isolation. In a technological, globalised world.
Oh well…. Its gonna be great when climate change impacts itself on Britain…limited government can only equal…limited response!
He was the one there too much power in westminster and white hall,he even published a green paper over it.
he even want to put London City Hall for sale.