tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778001285727771343.post8381437555761826521..comments2009-05-02T13:27:10.960-07:00Ercolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624336130332596024noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778001285727771343.post-5235396277691749242009-05-02T07:54:00.000-07:002009-05-02T07:54:00.000-07:00The problem with the EU, upon which the Eurosceptics quite justifiably pounce, is that it is engineered to support the power of the executive arms of the member states' governments at the expense of that of their parliaments. <br />The article above would suggest that Mr. Berlusconi is simply being honest and acknowledging the fact that the EU parliament isn't particularly powerful, and anyone can sit there as the fig-leaf for democracy within the EU, while the real power is weilded by the Commissioners (appointed by their friends - the executive arm of member states' governments) and the Council of Ministers (members of the executive arms of the member states' governments). By this means they can fashion directives that their parliaments are obliged to turn into law, without have proper debate on the substantive issues within those parliaments.<br />Reform is called for. It is for this purpose that the new pro-EU, pro-democracy and accountability party "Libertas EU" was set up.sauermaischehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439719316433326619noreply@blogger.com