THE EVOLUTION OF THE EU

There have been many treaties and amendments passed by the EU over the years that have continued to define and allow for the growth and expansion of powers for the EU body politic as we see it today.

The ones in which Great Britain have been involved are:

THE 1972 EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ACT

This was signed by Her Majesty the Queen, and Prime Minister Edward Heath. This provided for the incorporation of European Community law into the domestic legal order of the United Kingdom.

Its main significance is that (apart from being the instrument whereby the UK was able to accede to the European Union (or 'European Communities' as then termed) it enables under section 2(2) for Government ministers to lay regulations before Parliament to implement ‘required changes’ to UK law.

In other words, for the EU to dictate how we should alter our laws and our society in order to better fit into their framework. It made us subject to EU directives, which are defined as “a legislative act of the European Union which requires member states to achieve a particular result without dictating the means of achieving that result.”

Please take special note of this Act, because this needs to be repealed following a referendum as soon as humanly possible. This would break the UK away from the EU as our own independent nation once more.

THE SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT

Signed in 1986 by Her Majesty the Queen, and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. It is interesting to note that Lady Thatcher has since confessed she profoundly regrets ever signing this treaty.

The goal of this treaty was to ‘remove remaining barriers between countries, increase harmonization, thus increasing the competitiveness of European countries’.

THE MAASTRICHT TREATY

Signed in 1992 by Her Majesty the Queen, and Prime Minister John Major. Notably, Lady Thatcher also protested this treaty.

This treaty introduced the “Three Pillars of the European Union”. The European Communities Pillar, the Common Foreign and Security Policy pillar, and the Justice and Home Affairs Pillar (which introduced cooperation in law enforcement, criminal justice, civil judicial matters, and asylum and immigration).

Originally, the European Community (EC) dealt mainly with economic, social and trade matters. This treaty it suddenly became very apparent that the European Union was evolving into a state, which desired “supranational” powers.

THE TREATY OF AMSTERDAM

Signed in 1997 by Her Majesty the Queen, and Prime Minister Tony Blair.

This treaty focused greater emphasis on citizenship and the rights of individuals, increased powers for the European Parliament, a new title on employment, a Community area of freedom, security and justice, the beginnings of a common foreign and security policy (CFSP) and the reform of the institutions in the run-up to enlargement.

THE TREATY OF NICE

Signed in 2001 by Her Majesty the Queen, and Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The primary purpose of the Treaty of Nice was to reform the institutional structure to withstand the Enlargement of the European Union.

The question of a reduction in the size of the European Commission after enlargement was also resolved to a degree — the Treaty providing that once the number of Member States reached 27, the number of Commissioners appointed in the subsequent Commission would be reduced by the Council to below 27, but without actually specifying the target of that reduction. This essentially places a precedent for the EU to be ruled over by ONE Commissioner.

The Treaty of Nice also for the first time adopted formal rules for the application of sanctions against a Member State. Critics spoke out against the treaty, stating that it further diminished the sovereignty of national/local parliaments, and further concentrating power into a centralised and unaccountable bureaucracy - "deepening but not widening" political power.

THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION

This was a proposed unimplemented treaty designed to create a Constitutional document for the European Union. It was signed in 2004 by representatives of member states of the Union, but was subject to ratification by all member states, of which France and the Netherlands rejected it by referenda. This document sought to codify human rights throughout the EU, and “streamline decision-making” in the 27-member organisation.

At the time, Prime Minister Tony Blair promised a referendum, which was subsequently denied to the UK. He went on to state in a speech at Oxford in 2006 that “We locked ourselves in a room at the top of the tower and debated things no ordinary citizen could understand. And yet I remind you the Constitution was launched under the title of 'Bringing Europe closer to its citizens.'”

It was criticised as being far too long (160,000 words in its English version, compared to the 4,600 word US Constitution). It was likewise argued that many of its articles introduced “trappings of statehood”, such as a motto, a flag, and an anthem.

Bear in mind that these elements are present in the EU today, as if the Constitution itself had been accepted. The process of change is evidently rolling on within the EU, without any regard for its own laws, let alone international or British law. It also provided no essential cuts to the 97,000 pages of EU regulations and edicts as was promised.

THE TREATY OF LISBON (aka The European Constitution 2.0)

Signed December 2007 by Her Majesty the Queen and Prime Minister Gordon Brown. This treaty is due to come into force in 2009 if successfully supported (ratified) by all member states, with massive and lasting repercussions for democracy and civil rights throughout Europe.

Despite protests to the contrary, which is a deliberate smokescreen on the behalf of the current UK Government, this treaty would carry out most of the reforms previously proposed in the rejected European Constitution. This was even confirmed by a Labour party commission that looked into the subject.

Again, despite party promises in their own manifesto, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has moved the Labour Party to formally reject pleas for a referendum.

I will point out at this point that Gordon Brown has never been elected as Prime Minister by the public of Great Britain, only by his party. Even if he had been, according to our constitution, NO-ONE has the authority to sign any treaty that would sign away our national sovereignty, up to and including the Sovereign. Part of the wonderful thing about the UK legal system is that no-one is above the law, safeguarding citizens from dictators.

Any action to attempt this is classified under UK law as "High Treason". This used to carry the sentence of death by hanging, until it was adjusted by Tony Blair in 2005.

Refusal on the part of authorities to investigate and prosecute this crime is termed "Misprision of treason", which carries a sentence of life imprisonment.

What is important for the citizens of the UK to understand is that by signing each and every one of these treaties, politicians have been committing compounded acts of treason against our country since 1972.

Each of these treaties progressively expands the EU, grants it more and more political power to do whatever it likes, and the Treaty of Lisbon gives it the right to abolish our nation.

While the UK has argued in each case for opt-outs at each stage of the EU's evolution, the Treaty of Lisbon changes ALL of that, since it's written to be "self-amending". That means once it’s ratified, the EU will be free to alter the terms of the Treaty as they see fit, with no need to consult or approve them with the signatories, or the peoples of Europe.

They can change the terms of the agreement at any time, to any degree, without consulting anyone.

Do you think it’s a good idea to place that much administrative and legal power into the hands of 25 unelected, diplomatically immune bureaucrats, wielded over nearly every aspect of the lives of half a billion citizens?

Through the imposition of this treaty upon the free peoples of Europe, the EU is declaring its legal personality, able to represent itself at the UN - without representing its individual member states.

It should also be noted that at the signing for the Treaty of Lisbon, 100 MEP’s from Britain, France, Poland and Italy led a demonstration in the Parliament chamber, calling for a Europe-wide referendum.

Their British colleagues called them “hooligans” that “shamed Britain”. They are the only people who are standing up for the civil rights of the populations of Europe. This also shows that there is a very strong culture of defamation associated with the EU – if you disagree with them, you are ostracized, called a racist, etc.