United States of Europe - It's Official

Long years of campaigning in the face of vilification and intimidation have finally been vindicated. Battle scarred EU-sceptics can raise their heads high, thanks to the President of the Convention on the Future of Europe, President Chairman Valery Giscard d'Estaing. M.Estaing has confirmed that the major objective of the integrationist policies of the EU is the creation of a new political entity. Giscard has published an interim report aimed at outlining the future of the EU, in which he explicitly mentions that the EU should in future be a United States of Europe (USE).

Blatantly federalist, the proposed written constitution would lead to greater centralisation of power in the hands of Brussels, a legal personality for the USE giving it authority to speak for itself in international matters rather than for the member nations. This new entity would replace the EU as we know it and the national veto would be all but lost.

However, the British Government may face difficulties in signing any treaty incorporating the written constitution for the USE without holding a referendum. A leading QC has expressed the opinion that the Government would be exceeding its authority if it were to sign on the dotted line without first asking the British people. If it does so, it could face legal proceedings from at least one political part and other euro sceptic groups are known to be considering similar action.
Liberty News, No.3, 2003
The official newspaper for the Campaign for an Independent Britain.