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Showing posts with label EU. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EU. Show all posts
21 December 2011
27 October 2011
16 September 2011
17 July 2011
23 May 2011
And There Are Young, Gullible People.....
And there's young, gullible, fresh meat at universities that are going to believe this stuff.
11 May 2011
26 April 2011
I like Trucking...........
I think the hedgehog is Clegg, though it could be Teflon Head.
The truck is most definately the E.U.
The truck is most definately the E.U.
Gerald, The Gorilla.
Which is the EU and which is our government. Time to start taking the piss out of these little shits.
04 March 2011
Peadophilia in the EU. Is this true?
www.eutimes.net/2009/06/germany-and-eu-to-legalize-pedophilia-and-with-it-child-pornography-as-well/
03 November 2010
He Will Protect You.
The man for all seasons.He'll never let you down.
He'll always be there for you.
How lucky you are.
In the coming days, weeks, months and years of trials and tribulations that await us, who can you rely on to stand fast and shoulder to shoulder against the invading hoards?
None other than RambiBambiRompuy Man. The face of an evil elf and the body of Rabid Putin, you know he makes sense......
28 October 2010
Cost of the EU To the UK and Others.
Annual Costs of EU MembershipThe net cost of the EU to Britain is £20 billion pa. But the actual cost is much more than that.
The European Union costs us £65 billion gross every year.
That's about £1,000 each every year for every man, woman a...nd child in the UK. And it increases every year.
Direct and Indirect Costs of the EU Estimates of the true cost of the EU are difficult to come by. MPs have called many times for a cost-benefit analysis, to prove or disprove the benefits of membership. Successive Governments, both Labour and Conservative, have refused, on the grounds that the "benefits" are self-evident. In truth they are afraid of what such a study would show. The Bruges Group have finally produced an authoritative study.
(http://www.brugesgroup.com/CostOfTheEU2008.pdf)
The total gross cost to the UK of EU membership in 2008 they estimate at around £65,000,000,000* - including:
•£28 billion for business to comply with EU regulations,
•£17 billion of additional food costs resulting from the Common Agricultural Policy
•£3.3 billion - the value of the catch lost when the Common Fisheries Policy let other countries fish in our territorial waters
•£14.6 billion gross paid into the EU budget and other EU funds.
It gets worse each year. Used better, this sum could transform the UK - increase pensions, recruit more doctors, nurses, teachers and police, build advanced transport systems and start paying off the national debt.
*Even allowing for the UK rebate, which the EU wants to stop. Sources: Bruges Group report: "How Much Does the EU Cost Britain?", UK Office of National Statistics, British Government Regulatory Impact Assessments, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organisation, OECD, Eurostat, European Commission.
British households pay £440 a year to be an EU member ... but don't get it backThe average British household paid £440 to be a member of the European Union last year but received only £312 back in direct benefits, according to newly published Brussels accounts.
Bruno Waterfield in Brussels, Telegraph, 28 Sep 2010: Spain is the only one of the top five contributors where the return is greater than the contribution Photo: Corbis The £128 loss for every household is because Britain’s share of the costs for running the EU are not matched by returned cash, which comes in the form of farm subsidies or social funds.
The lion’s share of spending goes to continental farmers and poorer countries such as Poland, the figures show.
Britain is the fifth highest contributor to the EU budget, with £6.7billion, beaten by France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Poland contributes £2.4billion. Each Briton pays £110 in contributions to the EU but loses out by £32 in benefits in return. Spain is the only one of the top five contributors where the return is greater than the contribution. In Poland, every person contributes £63 and gains £166 in return subsidies
The European Union costs us £65 billion gross every year.
That's about £1,000 each every year for every man, woman a...nd child in the UK. And it increases every year.
Direct and Indirect Costs of the EU Estimates of the true cost of the EU are difficult to come by. MPs have called many times for a cost-benefit analysis, to prove or disprove the benefits of membership. Successive Governments, both Labour and Conservative, have refused, on the grounds that the "benefits" are self-evident. In truth they are afraid of what such a study would show. The Bruges Group have finally produced an authoritative study.
(http://www.brugesgroup.com/CostOfTheEU2008.pdf)
The total gross cost to the UK of EU membership in 2008 they estimate at around £65,000,000,000* - including:
•£28 billion for business to comply with EU regulations,
•£17 billion of additional food costs resulting from the Common Agricultural Policy
•£3.3 billion - the value of the catch lost when the Common Fisheries Policy let other countries fish in our territorial waters
•£14.6 billion gross paid into the EU budget and other EU funds.
It gets worse each year. Used better, this sum could transform the UK - increase pensions, recruit more doctors, nurses, teachers and police, build advanced transport systems and start paying off the national debt.
*Even allowing for the UK rebate, which the EU wants to stop. Sources: Bruges Group report: "How Much Does the EU Cost Britain?", UK Office of National Statistics, British Government Regulatory Impact Assessments, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organisation, OECD, Eurostat, European Commission.
British households pay £440 a year to be an EU member ... but don't get it backThe average British household paid £440 to be a member of the European Union last year but received only £312 back in direct benefits, according to newly published Brussels accounts.
Bruno Waterfield in Brussels, Telegraph, 28 Sep 2010: Spain is the only one of the top five contributors where the return is greater than the contribution Photo: Corbis The £128 loss for every household is because Britain’s share of the costs for running the EU are not matched by returned cash, which comes in the form of farm subsidies or social funds.
The lion’s share of spending goes to continental farmers and poorer countries such as Poland, the figures show.
Britain is the fifth highest contributor to the EU budget, with £6.7billion, beaten by France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Poland contributes £2.4billion. Each Briton pays £110 in contributions to the EU but loses out by £32 in benefits in return. Spain is the only one of the top five contributors where the return is greater than the contribution. In Poland, every person contributes £63 and gains £166 in return subsidies
18 October 2010
Merkel and Multiculturism.
Don't ever think she means what she says about this. She has previous on this issue. She may well be voicing concerns about it and saying the right things, but this is just a smokescreen to put people off. she is the same as "Cast Iron Dave". Not to be trusted.
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel's declaration that multiculturalism in Germany has "utterly failed" has raised the temperature of an already burning immigration debate. German commentators on Monday clashed on whether she was voicing a home truth or scoring cheap political points.
In an unusually pointed interjection, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday declared that multiculturalism in Germany was a failure and said it was an illusion to think that Germans and foreign workers could "live happily side by side."
"We kidded ourselves for a while that they wouldn't stay, but that's not the reality," she told members of the youth group of her Christian Democratic Union party, referring to the influx of workers, known as guest workers, who helped fuel the country's postwar economic boom.
"Of course the tendency had been to say, 'let's adopt the multicultural concept and live happily side by side, and be happy to be living with each other'. But this concept has failed, and failed utterly," she said.
Her comments fanned Germany's already raging debate on immigration. A chorus of politicians has argued that many people from the immigrant community, which includes some four million Muslims and makes up some 18 percent of the population, have failed to integrate into German society. Thilo Sarrazin touched off the debate in August with the launch of his polemic book blaming immigration for what he saw as the demise of German society.
Tougher Tone
True to her diplomatic leadership style, Merkel, took pains not to alienate other, more liberal elements of her party. At the same time as slamming multiculturalism, a clear step towards the right, she voiced support for a recent speech by Germany's president which stressed that Islam is "a part of Germany."
Some critics said her tougher tone on immigration was a bid to regain waning popular support. A series of polls have revealed that many Germans are worried about immigration. On Friday a study by the state television channel ARD showed that just eight percent thought that immigrants had adjusted well to German society. Meanwhile, Sarrazin's book continues to top national bestseller lists, despite the outrage by politicians which cost him a top post at the Bundesbank.
And the popular skeptisim about immigration was also fed by Bavarian Governor Horst Seehofer on Sunday. Speaking alongside Merkel in Potsdam, Seehofer said "multiculturalism is dead" and insisted that his Christian Social Union party was committed to preserving the German "Leitkultur", meaning the "dominant German culture" Failure to revamp its immigration policies would put Germany at risk of becoming "the world's welfare office," he said.
Politicians, including voices from the right, have stressed that Germany needs to encourage the immigration of urgently needed skilled workers. On Sunday Jürgen Trittin, of the opposition Greens party, argued that Seehofer risked "lending social acceptability to views similar to those of right-wing extremists".
The right-wing Die Welt writes:
"No one has anything against the immigrants who live and work among us. But many people have something against the immigrants who want to bring their own system of justice along with them. Immigration means accepting the traditions of the chosen country -- and also respecting those traditions. Whoever lives here has to accept that honor killings are murder. Whoever doesn't want to do so, should stay out of the country."
"For this reason Angela Merkel and Horst Seehofer are right when they say that immigration needs clear-cut principles."
The center-right Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes:
"The pressures of immigration are no reason for people to cut themselves off from their roots. After all, it is more than a few who want to migrate here, to a country which is worth living in. Whoever really wants to move here, whoever wants to call this country home, they should be made to feel welcome regardless of which culture they stem from."
"Their chosen homeland is in the process of change -- but the immigrants still have to adapt themselves to their new home."
The left-wing Tageszeitung writes:
"The dated buzz word (multiculturalism or 'multikulti' in German), which originated from Green politicians like Heiner Geißler or Daniel Cohn-Bendit to fight xenophobia, is now firmly out of fashion. Today 'Multikulti' is nothing more than a bogeyman for conservative politicians, who routinely criticise the concept when they are looking to generate a round of applause."
"Merkel and Seehofer are now continuing this trend. Instead of more 'multikulti' they are calling for more integration or more 'Leitkultur' -- phrases which are similarly devoid of meaning. Their populistic formulations are designed to distract attention from the real dilemma. After all, the German economy, industry and the FDP (editor's note -- the pro-business Free Democratic Party which is junior partner in Merkel's center-right coalition) all want to encourage more trained workers from abroad."
The Financial Times Deutschland writes:
"CSU leader Seehofer and CDU leader Merkel think that they can win back support by using slogans from the 1980s like 'Multikulti' and 'Leitkultur'. Seehofer has positioned himself against uncontrolled immigration. But in reality, immigration has long been limited: Far more Turkish people are leaving Germany than arriving. Meanwhile, Merkel announces that 'multiculturalism has failed' -- although even the Greens have long stopped calling for multiculturalism. But she remains silent on urgent and controversial issues like how immigration is to be regulated."
"The use of such rhetoric can be explained -- but it cannot be excused. Seehofer and Merkel are both in government and they both know better -- and they should make that clear."
"The talk about 'Leitkultur' within the conservative leadership could be dismissed as inner-party wrangling if it did not have such a devastating effect. Indian technological specialists, Japanese engineers, and Kuwaiti investors are unlikely to move to a country where those in power fight against immigration. But Seehofer and Merkel do not think that far ahead. They are only thinking about how their comments will go down in the local bar."
Jess Smee
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel's declaration that multiculturalism in Germany has "utterly failed" has raised the temperature of an already burning immigration debate. German commentators on Monday clashed on whether she was voicing a home truth or scoring cheap political points.
In an unusually pointed interjection, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday declared that multiculturalism in Germany was a failure and said it was an illusion to think that Germans and foreign workers could "live happily side by side."
"We kidded ourselves for a while that they wouldn't stay, but that's not the reality," she told members of the youth group of her Christian Democratic Union party, referring to the influx of workers, known as guest workers, who helped fuel the country's postwar economic boom.
"Of course the tendency had been to say, 'let's adopt the multicultural concept and live happily side by side, and be happy to be living with each other'. But this concept has failed, and failed utterly," she said.
Her comments fanned Germany's already raging debate on immigration. A chorus of politicians has argued that many people from the immigrant community, which includes some four million Muslims and makes up some 18 percent of the population, have failed to integrate into German society. Thilo Sarrazin touched off the debate in August with the launch of his polemic book blaming immigration for what he saw as the demise of German society.
Tougher Tone
True to her diplomatic leadership style, Merkel, took pains not to alienate other, more liberal elements of her party. At the same time as slamming multiculturalism, a clear step towards the right, she voiced support for a recent speech by Germany's president which stressed that Islam is "a part of Germany."
Some critics said her tougher tone on immigration was a bid to regain waning popular support. A series of polls have revealed that many Germans are worried about immigration. On Friday a study by the state television channel ARD showed that just eight percent thought that immigrants had adjusted well to German society. Meanwhile, Sarrazin's book continues to top national bestseller lists, despite the outrage by politicians which cost him a top post at the Bundesbank.
And the popular skeptisim about immigration was also fed by Bavarian Governor Horst Seehofer on Sunday. Speaking alongside Merkel in Potsdam, Seehofer said "multiculturalism is dead" and insisted that his Christian Social Union party was committed to preserving the German "Leitkultur", meaning the "dominant German culture" Failure to revamp its immigration policies would put Germany at risk of becoming "the world's welfare office," he said.
Politicians, including voices from the right, have stressed that Germany needs to encourage the immigration of urgently needed skilled workers. On Sunday Jürgen Trittin, of the opposition Greens party, argued that Seehofer risked "lending social acceptability to views similar to those of right-wing extremists".
The right-wing Die Welt writes:
"No one has anything against the immigrants who live and work among us. But many people have something against the immigrants who want to bring their own system of justice along with them. Immigration means accepting the traditions of the chosen country -- and also respecting those traditions. Whoever lives here has to accept that honor killings are murder. Whoever doesn't want to do so, should stay out of the country."
"For this reason Angela Merkel and Horst Seehofer are right when they say that immigration needs clear-cut principles."
The center-right Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes:
"The pressures of immigration are no reason for people to cut themselves off from their roots. After all, it is more than a few who want to migrate here, to a country which is worth living in. Whoever really wants to move here, whoever wants to call this country home, they should be made to feel welcome regardless of which culture they stem from."
"Their chosen homeland is in the process of change -- but the immigrants still have to adapt themselves to their new home."
The left-wing Tageszeitung writes:
"The dated buzz word (multiculturalism or 'multikulti' in German), which originated from Green politicians like Heiner Geißler or Daniel Cohn-Bendit to fight xenophobia, is now firmly out of fashion. Today 'Multikulti' is nothing more than a bogeyman for conservative politicians, who routinely criticise the concept when they are looking to generate a round of applause."
"Merkel and Seehofer are now continuing this trend. Instead of more 'multikulti' they are calling for more integration or more 'Leitkultur' -- phrases which are similarly devoid of meaning. Their populistic formulations are designed to distract attention from the real dilemma. After all, the German economy, industry and the FDP (editor's note -- the pro-business Free Democratic Party which is junior partner in Merkel's center-right coalition) all want to encourage more trained workers from abroad."
The Financial Times Deutschland writes:
"CSU leader Seehofer and CDU leader Merkel think that they can win back support by using slogans from the 1980s like 'Multikulti' and 'Leitkultur'. Seehofer has positioned himself against uncontrolled immigration. But in reality, immigration has long been limited: Far more Turkish people are leaving Germany than arriving. Meanwhile, Merkel announces that 'multiculturalism has failed' -- although even the Greens have long stopped calling for multiculturalism. But she remains silent on urgent and controversial issues like how immigration is to be regulated."
"The use of such rhetoric can be explained -- but it cannot be excused. Seehofer and Merkel are both in government and they both know better -- and they should make that clear."
"The talk about 'Leitkultur' within the conservative leadership could be dismissed as inner-party wrangling if it did not have such a devastating effect. Indian technological specialists, Japanese engineers, and Kuwaiti investors are unlikely to move to a country where those in power fight against immigration. But Seehofer and Merkel do not think that far ahead. They are only thinking about how their comments will go down in the local bar."
Jess Smee
17 September 2010
European Parliament Page on Facebook. :-(((((((((
The European Paliament page doesn't like it when you post things on their page that they don't like. I thought it was supposed to be an open forum, but obviously not. I posted something on there this morning, something really innoccous, I can't remember what it was. They deleted it, (well, why listen to opposing views), more sinister though is that they threatened to report me to facebook, who, I believe, they would expect to suspend my account. Now, if they don't like what I say, fair enough, just block me from the page, but to threaten someone with silence by taking away a means of communication is devilish. That my friends is what the eu is all about. If they don't like it, you will be deleted.
Lawson Narse suggested, and I think it is true, that it is nothing less than a grooming page for the young and innocent.
Lawson Narse suggested, and I think it is true, that it is nothing less than a grooming page for the young and innocent.
09 August 2010
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