Letters to the Editor – The Enemy of the Very Concept of Democracy

Sir,

Nigel Farage said I don’t think that the European public or commentators understand what the European Commission really is. The Commission is the executive, it is the Government of Europe and it has the sole right to propose legislation’’ It does so in consultation with 3.000 secret committees staffed mainly by big business and big capital and all the legislation is proposed in secret. Once something becomes a European law, it is the European Commission themselves who have the sole right to propose repeal or change of the legislation. ‘’The means by which the European Commission makes law and holds law is actually the very enemy of the concept of democracy itself, because it means in any member state there is nothing the electorate can do to change a single piece of European law.’’ UKIP vote against the Commission not on the basis of individuals.’’ But because the commission is ‘’ an anti-democratic form of government ’’ And while ‘’ Mr. Cameron masquerades as being an EU opponent,’’ Nigel noted ‘’that the Conservatives are so brave that they even abstain

James Cole

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