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What we are voting upon today is not a report but an act of faith, and an act of bad faith at that. Contrary to what the rapporteurs have said, this text creates a centralised, omnipotent and totalitarian super-state that lacks an identity and a soul.
It will be a centralised state because every decision will be taken in Brussels, whatever field it may apply to, and all these decisions, whether legislative or not, and whether they concern national or local issues, will have to comply with European legislation and the sole interest of the EU. The principle of subsidiarity will be held up to ridicule, as it has been for the past 12 years.
It will be an omnipotent state because the European Union will have jurisdiction over every area, without exception, and all policies are or will be communitised.
It will be a totalitarian state because the real power will reside with a handful of officials, namely the Commission technocrats, who hold a monopoly over legislative initiative, and the Luxembourg judges, who are the overzealous inspectors of pro-European orthodoxy. What they have in common is that they are not subject to any kind of democratic control after their appointment.
Finally, it will be a state lacking a soul and an identity, as it will turn its back on its Helleno-Christian roots and agree to Turkey’s integration, despite the public’s opposition, and will believe only in globalisation, competition and the market.
I shall therefore vote against, both today and in the referendum to be held in my country."@en1
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