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"Mr President, in presenting the mid-term review for the multiannual financial framework, the European Commission is bringing news which I believe will be a cause for concern for all Europeans, but more specifically for the British people. While there is a modest approach to limit common agricultural policy expenditure, there is a more radical attempt to eliminate the British rebate. But, worse still, there is a clear intention to create a new own resource. Like a thief, the European Union now wants to directly plunder the pockets of the British taxpayer. Be it carbon tax, a bank levy or whatever, it is certain that the taxpayers will be taking more pain.
When people see the EU taking their money, they will increasingly resent the EU waste and lack of transparency. The elimination of the rebate and the creation of a new European tax – let us call it by its correct name – will not require a change in the treaty. However, the agreement reached between the German Chancellor and the French President about imposing political sanctions to ensure financial stability will require those changes.
If the EU wants more power, it must ask the consent of the governed. If EU politicians want a new treaty, they must first give the people a referendum. Now there is a chance for ‘cast-iron Dave’ to make good on his reneged promise to hold an EU referendum. I will believe that when I see it."@en1
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