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Matthew.
We have now for decades been lied to and decieved by those pushing the whole European project going right back to Ted Heath. We were clearly told in 1975 when the Labour referendum to stay in was held that it was all about a free trade area and nothing else. It was lies all along and we know they had a lot more in mind even then. I was young and foolish enough to believe then and campaigned for a Yes vote. I deeply regret that now.
Yes, Matthew, legal speak indeed, but it has been admitted by one Giscard D'estang himself, that the re-worded Treaty was deliberately made more difficult to understand to obscure the intent. Strange, how foreign leaders are more frank about what the EU is up to than most of our own politicians.
Opt outs are not good enough, many are time limited anyway. The Treaty allows for the EU to change even that without further Treaty agreements making these utterly worthless. The EU will find a way around anything like this if they want to. Nothing, certainly not we the unwashed, must be allowed to stand in the way of the Euro-masters.
You are being naive to actually believe that the EU President will not evolve into the President of a Superstate. The treaty puts everything into place ready for a steady and coninued grab of what power is left to national governments.
You may be 'on-side' with it and dont mind all that but I dont like to be taken as a fool by the Eurofanatics and they must not be allowed to get away with it.
I make no bones about my hopes that we will get out of this shambles all together. Make no mistake, if the EU carries on the way it is this will happen. This Treaty makes the exit of the UK more certain.
The best way forward for the EU would be to go in entirely the opposite direction to this Treaty. Repatriate powers back to national governments and reduce the central power of the EU, returning to a trading block only. I dont expect such a change, it will never happen as it is so against all what the EU has so far been about.
This treaty is only needed because they want to take on more and more responsibilities centrally, interfering more and more.
We must have no part of a Soviet style EU of that kind.