Jan 21 2007
Beware the government doing a deal with Mrs Merkel
It is ominous that we have been unable to get clear assurances from the government that any proposed transfer of power to the EU that might arise from the Merkel plan will be put to the British people in a referendum. I will table written questions tomorrow to seek further clarification, but it looks as if they will go along with
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John Redwood has been the Member of Parliament for Wokingham since 1987. First attending Kent College, Canterbury, he graduated from Magdalen College...
If the Conservative win the next election it would be nice to know that they will imidiatly return these powers to our own government and parliament.
Unfortunately because of the Acquis that will not be possible without negotiations with the other member states, and then rewriting the treaties which would need to be ratified in by all member states, this could prove to be almost impossible.
To date the Acquis has not been broken because it is one of the fundamental principals of the EU the question of who runs Britain should be the most important democratic question, the EU treaties obviously undermines the parliamentary fundamental principal that one government may not bind a future Parliament. For as long as that situation remains we will know we are not a democratic country and we know who runs Britian.
you have my support in this John! Who knows what Mr. B will sign up to in his last days in office - and leave Mr. B (and the rest of us) with the mess.