‘Time To Go’
Venezuela Times
15 February 2019
The best outcome for the European Union, in its ongoing travails this year, is that those who have been taking to the streets should have their wishes respected.
The EU is a failed state that is no longer fit for purpose. There have been tumultuous scenes on the streets of France. Sweden is in chaos. Italy is in turmoil. The far right is on the rise in Germany and Hungary. We have seen police brutality in Paris and the Catalan region of Spain.
The EU is patently in crisis. Many EU economies threaten to dip into negative growth, as unemployment remains stubbornly high. The manufacturing sector is already contracting in many EU nations. Even the Italian current-affairs magazine Panorama could proclaim on its front cover this week ‘the twilight of Germany’.
Cosmetic reforms are not enough, though. The EU is beset by structural deformities. There is systemic corruption, and it is riddled with crony capitalism. There is a grave democratic deficit. Consider: the EU has an eye-watering five presidents and 28 commissioners, none of whom is elected.
Such unaccountable autocracy cannot continue. It is time for regime change. It is time the EU joined the modern table of civilised nations. This is the 21st century, after all.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/02/15/yes-brexit-will-be-difficult/