Brexit , EU in the 21st Century

The European constitution

"The most important thing the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe sets out to do is to create an entirely new, different and vastly more powerful European Union entity in the constitutional form of a Federal European State, without changing the "EU" name. Therefore people will not be aware of the constitutional significance of what is happening.'

This is the opening paragraph from a critical summary of the proposed EU constitution by the National Platform EU research and Information Centre Dublin Ireland which is affiliated to the European Alliance of EU-critical Movements (TEAM)

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In 2001 the 'Convention on the Future of Europe ' headed by former French President Valery Giscard D'Estaing was tasked with drafting a new treaty that would introduce a Constitution of Europe. What emerged was a proposal to build the long held desire of many europhiles  A United States of Europe , a single entity subjugating the language, culture and independence of the then 25 member states which would  administer and control our Laws, Economies , Rights, Defence and every other aspect of our daily lives and freedoms with a President , a Defence secretary , an Economic minister and a Commission  all   chosen by the leaders of the member states , not elected by the citizenry

Slowly but surely the long fought for Democracy of all the member states was being taken away to be replaced by an institution that was an unelected , unanswerable bureaucracy  controlling  our foreseeable future ,

                     Sound Familiar ?
If this is reminiscent of the Soviet Union and its regime , You may say that I couldn't possibly comment !

 As we all know the constitution was defeated at the polls by various member states  including the French so how come we are now living in a  system that mirrors  nearly exactly what that rejected  constitution proposed ? From it's beginning as the EEC up to the present day through a succession of small incremental changes to the different treaties already in place it has been fundamentally altering it's original mandate in order  to achieve the long term aim of a Single State Europe .



                                           Conclusion 

The UK's decision to leave the EU is fact , how it's done is still under discussion .  More effort could possibly have been made to reform the EU from within before taking the decision to leave. The UK is the largest economy in Europe and as such has the influence to recommend and maybe bring about much needed change within the institutions of  Brussels .
Having made the decision maybe the other political parties and other aspects of British society could have been involved in some sort of  'Think Tank' to come up with  ideas and suggestions of how we should approach negotiations and how our relationship with Europe would proceed after our departure .
The semi-secretive way it's been handled by a single political party has led to unrest and divisions which are going to be extremely hard to overcome, but at least we don't have Donald Trump to contend with , Now that would be a problem !!!!!!!.

   
All of the facts above are available to everyone, I did it so anyone can do it .

It takes a little more than just reading the headline or listening to a soundbite .