tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post7429598191644705934..comments2023-12-02T00:59:10.380+01:00Comments on England Expects: "A European elite able to assume directly the leadership of the process should appear"Gawain Towlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08583658895528269901noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-88369967071861456212008-10-01T02:26:00.000+02:002008-10-01T02:26:00.000+02:00I also wants to apologize, as Romanian, for bringi...I also wants to apologize, as Romanian, for bringing in EU these soviet-style-educated people like Adrian Severin. The political leadership in Romania consist almost entirely in ex-communists leaders or sons of ex-communist leaders. And they preserved their language and attitude, adding, of course, some fresh and stinky political correctness. Really, the European Union should be called, the Soviet European Union!Laocoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13210199507220098339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-25280199347953007312008-10-01T02:13:00.000+02:002008-10-01T02:13:00.000+02:00I don't believe that the people from NIP (national...I don't believe that the people from NIP (national initiative party) are truly eurosceptics. Nobody takes them seriously, in Romania. Cozmin Gusa, the president of NIP, was for many years member in several parties. In Romania, we have the concept of "free-exchangism" (meaning: to go from one party to other, to change your political doctrine over night etc.). <BR/><BR/>Cozmin Gusa had run for the Mair Office in Bucharest. He proposed to move the main railway station outside the city, in order to free the land for buildings. Absolutely crazy idea, of course. He didn't receive not 1% of votes.<BR/><BR/>I am an eurosceptic, but, really.. I don't think Cozmin Gusa and NIP are. I don't believe not a single moment in their sincerity, even if NIP (2 people in Parliament - that's because they started their party after the elections of 2004) was the only party that vote against Lisbon Treaty.<BR/><BR/>More serious is PRM (Great Romanian Party), even if officially it supports EU. But the president of PRM, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, and other people from this party had many eurosceptic discourses and criticize many aspects of EU.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, don't take Romanian folks and especially Romanian politicians too serious!<BR/><BR/>PS: I'm apologizing for my (bad) english.Laocoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13210199507220098339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-68755902422829077932008-10-01T01:53:00.000+02:002008-10-01T01:53:00.000+02:00About Adrian Severin. Several years ago, he was as...About Adrian Severin. Several years ago, he was asked the following question: "- What is your opinion about the infestation of water with oxygen". And, of course, he didn't notice that is a joke, and he started to express his concern about water suppliers etc. This is the level of that individual. Unfortunately, we have many politicians like him in Romania. :(Laocoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13210199507220098339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-63635535446622215232008-06-19T08:30:00.000+02:002008-06-19T08:30:00.000+02:00Sadly I don't think it is your imagination. Me I s...Sadly I don't think it is your imagination. Me I suport NIP in Romania, but I am sure there are skeletons there to.Gawain Towlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08583658895528269901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-10645189550105586902008-06-19T02:38:00.000+02:002008-06-19T02:38:00.000+02:00I don't know what scares me most: the fact that th...I don't know what scares me most: the fact that this specter of Romania's definitely-not-cool political corner writes such things on behalf of my people, or that I had to find this out from an English-language site...<BR/><BR/>Euro-politics is not discussed in Romanian press (I mean Romanian language Romanian press, mainstream papers). And people like Mr. Severin have had somehow less threatening opinions while still "at home".<BR/><BR/>The tone, if not the content of his position, is downright outrageous to me!<BR/><BR/>"The security, liberty and prosperity of hundreds of millions of European citizens ask for complex leadership actions, which cannot be appreciated by heterogeneous populations, from the point of view of the information level and the education one." Did he just call the Irish and potentially several tens or hundreds of million other Europeans stupid or is it just my imagination?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-14215888193537839762008-06-18T18:06:00.000+02:002008-06-18T18:06:00.000+02:003. The decision of the Irish citizens must be resp...3. The decision of the Irish citizens must be respected. However, this cannot be equivalent to defying the desires of the citizens of the other member States. <BR/><BR/>No it doesn't. It is the professional politicians who have their future job prospects bound up in a successful European Project who are being defied. There is a big differance between the elected professional politicians and the Nation.<BR/><BR/>The People are the Nation: not the elected politicians though they think they are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-16545008265448883282008-06-18T17:48:00.000+02:002008-06-18T17:48:00.000+02:00I had a vote, I voted NO and I'm bloody happy that...I had a vote, I voted NO and I'm bloody happy that I did. It is reading stuff like that which is putting me off the European Union.<BR/><BR/>'Democracy does not mean that 1% of the EU population can put a brake to the progress wanted by the overwhelming majority of hundreds of millions of Europeans.'<BR/><BR/>Oh yes it does. Maybe professional politicians like Adrian Severin are worried that their place at the European swilltrough is jeopardised by popular democracy and so wish to circumvent it, if it does not give a result to their liking.<BR/><BR/>I don't think hundreds of millions of Europeans are in favour of the Lisbon Treaty: if so why were the populations of the various European Nations denied a popular vote on the Treaty? We know it is because a lot of them would vote NO if given the chance. In particular France and the Netherlands.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the majority of naive Eastern Europeans are in favour because they see membership of the EU as a shortcut to prosperity but don't fully understand what the European Project is all about; which is creating a society were ex-communists can flourish without having to do a stroke of real work!<BR/><BR/>A workers' paradise indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-38647952033038405442008-06-18T13:24:00.000+02:002008-06-18T13:24:00.000+02:00Is he related to the bass player out of Siouxsie &...Is he related to the bass player out of Siouxsie & The Banshees?Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-67750250224513957672008-06-18T12:00:00.000+02:002008-06-18T12:00:00.000+02:00Which was kind of dumb, cos it says he was an MP i...Which was kind of dumb, cos it says he was an MP in the Romanian Parliament.<BR/><BR/>I'll get me coat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-60090869671698538872008-06-18T11:57:00.000+02:002008-06-18T11:57:00.000+02:00I have no expectation of an answer, but I just pen...I have no expectation of an answer, but I just penned the following:<BR/><BR/>"Dear Sir,<BR/><BR/>I noticed from your profile on the Parliament website that you were appointed Professor of Law in 1999. May I ask what your role or profession was before 1999?<BR/><BR/>Best regards,<BR/><BR/>xxxx"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-65760694268114737652008-06-18T11:54:00.000+02:002008-06-18T11:54:00.000+02:00There's lots about him post 1993, but what did he ...There's lots about him post 1993, but what did he do during the communist regime? I can't find any mention!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-75849888719685988082008-06-18T02:45:00.000+02:002008-06-18T02:45:00.000+02:00Great find!Please someone forward this to the murd...Great find!<BR/><BR/>Please someone forward this to the murdoch press, the people need to know just what these self sellected "elites" think of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-57730108048869443682008-06-18T02:07:00.000+02:002008-06-18T02:07:00.000+02:00When the US adopted its current constitution, it d...When the US adopted its current constitution, it did so by popular referenda in each of the founding states. For the purpose of these referenda, the states radically expanded their electorates from propertied white males to essentially all adult males, thus recognizing that a change of such magnitude required the greatest possible amount of popular support. The constitution was also vigorously debated in public in detail (The Federalist Papers). Several states conditioned their support on the adoption of a Bill of Rights, which the Congress agreed to. How sad, and how instructive the European method.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-66876183277570264142008-06-17T23:13:00.000+02:002008-06-17T23:13:00.000+02:00Please make this all go away. I have had enough.Please make this all go away. I have had enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-69903451816910869252008-06-17T20:08:00.000+02:002008-06-17T20:08:00.000+02:00I would take a guess that he was , at one time , a...I would take a guess that he was , at one time , a Communist Party supporter . It has a ring of their understanding of democracy .<BR/>Personally I believe that he is deserving of a Mussolini moment .the doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16158338414362607008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-29216568406498257242008-06-17T18:18:00.000+02:002008-06-17T18:18:00.000+02:00I assume that sixty years of communism has done th...I assume that sixty years of communism has done this to these poor men. Those who joke about the EUSSR must accept that this is no joke, and not a problem of translation either. Gordon Brown's government are the only likely supporters of these views here in the UK..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-49208399610295001242008-06-17T17:55:00.000+02:002008-06-17T17:55:00.000+02:00Have you seen this?DECLARATION OF THE ROMANIAN SOC...Have you seen this?<BR/><BR/>DECLARATION OF THE ROMANIAN SOCIAL-DEMOCRAT MEPs CONCERNING THE RESULT OF THE REFERENDUM ORGANIZED IN IRELAND <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>14 June 2008 <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Regarding the final result of the Irish referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon, the Romanian social-democrat MEPs made the following declaration: <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>1.The referendum in Ireland has demonstrated that direct democracy (by way of referendum) cannot ensure the progress of the European process. The security, liberty and prosperity of hundreds of millions of European citizens ask for complex leadership actions, which cannot be appreciated by heterogeneous populations, from the point of view of the information level and the education one. European integration is a process that must be conducted politically by the elected representatives of the European citizens. <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>2. The result of the Irish referendum transmits a message that cannot be understood and therefore cannot orient our future political action as long as, on one hand, the reasons for the negative vote had nothing to do with the contents and the objectives of the Treaty, and, on the other hand, Ireland has been one of the main beneficiaries of European policies. As demonstrated by the experience of the French and Dutch referendums, the attempt to integrate ambiguous popular desires in the European treaties only leads to documents even harder to understand by our citizens, further on from their true European expectations. <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>3. The decision of the Irish citizens must be respected. However, this cannot be equivalent to defying the desires of the citizens of the other member States. Democracy does not mean that 1% of the EU population can put a break to the progress wanted by the overwhelming majority of hundreds of millions of Europeans. <BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>4. In these conditions, we consider necessary:<BR/><BR/>a. the continuation of the ratification process of the Lisbon Treaty in all the EU States that haven’t done it yet; <BR/><BR/>b. placing on the agenda of the June European Council the situation created by the Irish referendum and, in this framework, deciding the measures necessary so that the European integration process continues without Ireland, analyzing including the possibility that this country continue to base its relations with the EU on the Nice Treaty –with the necessary adaptations- while the ratifying States of the Lisbon Treaty act on the basis of this document; <BR/><BR/>c. the organization by Irish government of a new referendum, as it happened also in the case of the ratification of the Nice Treaty, this time the main question to be asked referring to the Irish people’s option between remaining in the EU in the context of the Treaty of Lisbon or leaving the Union.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-74173420798536479782008-06-17T10:40:00.000+02:002008-06-17T10:40:00.000+02:00Yikes! Where's my garlic?Yikes! Where's my garlic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com