Abuse of power by the european union

• howard mcsweeney1

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  16 November 2013     14:42252722
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  this is the first i have heard of them having the power to set budgets for member states.
  
  
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/10452968/EU-uses-new-budget-powers-to-demand-more-austerity-in-Italy-and-Spain.html
• Brian Dixon

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  16 November 2013     15:14252725
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  must be a coalition thing howard,i cant see it as abuse though.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  16 November 2013     15:23252729
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  no brian this is a dictatorial thing where countries are being told what to spend, an extract from the link below.
  
  
  "For the first time, the EU's Brussels executive has reviewed draft national budgets before national legislatures have voted on them, flexing political muscles aimed at preserving stability for Europe's single currency and at preventing a future eurozone debt crisis.
  
  "This a historic moment," said an EU diplomat. "One has to ask whether the eurozone's voters yet appreciate what a huge shift in sovereignty this is away from national parliaments to conclaves of finance ministers and commission officials."
• Brian Dixon

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  16 November 2013     15:28252730
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  don't forget howard both copuntrys mentiond are in a worse ecomonic trouble than we are,if that's possible.both countrys are on the verge of passing the begging bowl around.
• Jan Higgins

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  16 November 2013     15:30252731
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  This looks like another step to where countries loose more of their independence and another towards the United States of Europe.
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• Guest 716

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  16 November 2013     15:33252732
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  Do we smell `red herrings` in the making ?
• Brian Dixon

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  16 November 2013     15:53252734
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  jan,both countrys are seep debt,what do you expext,a slapped wrist and being told not to do it again.
  
  or is it a Eurosceptic scare story.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  16 November 2013     17:42252746
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  the facts are quite clear, this is not a bent banana story from the sun.
  
  far right groups in europe will be lapping it up.
• Brian Dixon

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  16 November 2013     20:11252757
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  along with ukip.