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Two months away from the elections to the European Parliament, there is perhaps no better proof of the collusion between the Portuguese right wing (in the form of the Social Democratic Party) and social democracy, (in the form of the Socialist Party), than this litany of agreements:
from the blessing given to the so-called ‘European constitution’
which would further subvert Portugal’s sovereignty and independence
to what is termed the ‘fight against terrorism’ – which involves stepping up security measures and their use to remove powers from States or to militarise international relations;
from the ‘Lisbon Strategy’ – with its umpteenth reaffirmation of the Stability Pact, and of liberalisation (labour, health, pensions), now with the added ‘novelty’ of mechanisms that are binding on States
to the Middle East – accepting the ‘status quo’ in Iraq and giving it legitimacy through the role of the UN or unjustly holding the Palestinians jointly responsible for the situation in Palestine.
As to the Intergovernmental Conference, it appears that, in this framework, Spain and Poland will (re)join the group of those ‘in charge’. In practice, the major powers are gradually imposing their control, with the other governments playing a subservient role. Examples of this are the recent replacement of one Spaniard by another on the Executive Committee of the ECB or the imposition of a Frenchman as the ‘European’ candidate for the presidency of the IMF."@en1
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