Comments on: Beware the government doing a deal with Mrs Merkel http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/01/21/beware-the-government-doing-a-deal-with-mrs-merkel/ Incisive and topical campaigns and commentary on today's issues and tomorrow's problems Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:05:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bill http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/01/21/beware-the-government-doing-a-deal-with-mrs-merkel/#comment-235 Bill Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:55:54 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=57#comment-235 you have my support in this John! Who knows what Mr. B will sign up to in his last days in office - and leave Mr. B (and the rest of us) with the mess. you have my support in this John! Who knows what Mr. B will sign up to in his last days in office – and leave Mr. B (and the rest of us) with the mess.

]]> By: Ken Adams http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/01/21/beware-the-government-doing-a-deal-with-mrs-merkel/#comment-234 Ken Adams Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:17:33 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=57#comment-234 If the Conservative win the next election it would be nice to know that they will imidiatly return these powers to our own government and parliament. Unfortunately because of the Acquis that will not be possible without negotiations with the other member states, and then rewriting the treaties which would need to be ratified in by all member states, this could prove to be almost impossible. To date the Acquis has not been broken because it is one of the fundamental principals of the EU the question of who runs Britain should be the most important democratic question, the EU treaties obviously undermines the parliamentary fundamental principal that one government may not bind a future Parliament. For as long as that situation remains we will know we are not a democratic country and we know who runs Britian. If the Conservative win the next election it would be nice to know that they will imidiatly return these powers to our own government and parliament.

Unfortunately because of the Acquis that will not be possible without negotiations with the other member states, and then rewriting the treaties which would need to be ratified in by all member states, this could prove to be almost impossible.

To date the Acquis has not been broken because it is one of the fundamental principals of the EU the question of who runs Britain should be the most important democratic question, the EU treaties obviously undermines the parliamentary fundamental principal that one government may not bind a future Parliament. For as long as that situation remains we will know we are not a democratic country and we know who runs Britian.

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