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Author: Ed Harris (Back in Shropshire) | [ Next Thread |
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] Date Posted: 15:12:35 11/08/04 Mon In reply to: Trixta (UK) 's message, "Enemies of the Commonwealth" on 05:00:05 11/06/04 Sat Hm. I am sceptical about all this 'bridging' stuff. The impresion which I get is that the French are all for a United States of Europe because they saw, in the 1930s, that British dominance was on the way out, but then in 1945 found that the UK had been replaced with another Anglo-Saxon, English-speaking, free-market country, which was even less friendly and more arrogant than Britain! Conversely, our relegation into Class Two amongst the nations was a softened blow, since we were replaced by a country which shares a language and common cultural patrimony... I imagine that, had we been replaced by a more alien country than the US, we, like the French, would be rabid Europhiles. Note that the Treaty of Rome quotes Jean Monnet: "We intend to create a political, economic and military super-power to resist the encroaching dominance of Anglo-Saxon values." Why, in the current situation, should the UK - the template of Anglo-Saxon values - vote to resist them? Do turkeys vote for Christmas? But, if we had been replaced by, say, China, we would gladly sign up to an organisation which "intends to create a political, economic and military super-power to halt the encroaching dominance of Sino-Tibetan values," or whatever. The EU is their chance, for the first time in three centuries, to have a major power in the world which is not English-speaking. I really don't think that, if the USA and the Federal Commonwealth emerged (as they would) as the first and second super-powers, our neighbours in Europe, especially the French, would be especially pleased, notwithstanding their good wishes for Quebec, Cameroon and Kiribati. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |