THE NATIONALISM OF THE GREATEST EUROFEDERALISTS

Dateline: 15th March 2002

The Times (14th March 2002) noted that Spain "has suspended its membership of the Shengen Agreement which ensures free passage across borders" The result was long tailbacks of traffic at the French border.

In the so-called Shengen Agreement the "European" Union reached its highest point of federalism when some participating members agreed to stop recognising their own borders. It did not take long before France effectively suspended Shengen regulations and now, in preparation for the Madrid summit and the prevention of terrorism, Spain asserts that the only border that matters, when matters of importance like terrorism are at stake, is its own national border.

Spain adds this "exception" to its illegal actions against Gibraltar and joins the French in their illegal restriction of beef imports and Germany in its sabotage of an EU corporate takeover code and its unilateral recognition of Croatia. In the case of Spain, where its attack on Gibraltar is supported by the European Union, we might ask why Spain still thinks it is a sovereign nation with any rights to territories inside the European Union - not least because its own colonies (one in France and two in North Africa) it shows no sign of surrendering to anyone!

At any one time there are hundreds of outstanding cases before the European Court against Spain, France and Germany, the leading builders of the Euro-State. How ironic that the greatest Eurofederalists are always the first to break their own regulations in the name of the "national interest".