EU and its timetables are irreversible – according to the Jean Monnet-plan
Both the EU-project and the timetables for the decisions in EU are against the Danish Constitution that orders the members of our parliament (Folketinget) to decide alone according to their conviction (Article 56).

The timetable for the passage of the European charter was decided in Nice in December 2000 without a referendum here. From December 2000 to the summer 2004 (following Article 51-54 in this charter), when it has to be agreed on
among the European ministers the Danish government has committed itself to work for the charter and certainly not try to make any obstacles according to the "formal EU-rules" of binding declarations. This is and has been directly against the Danish Constitution all the time, Art. 56.
The whole reading:http://www.lilliput-information.com/eusi.html

You will have free immigration to Europe!
and try:
EU-charter artikel 19 no. 2

J.E. Vig, Denmark
http://Danmark.wordpress.com

You could also call it a contradiction, if EU is not becoming some kind of a state, and the member nations as we know them accordingly dismantle.

When it comes to the monetary unit Euro: Denmark and Sweden have voted NO by referendum. The Britains have been promised a referendum on conditions, and the Britains will most likely vote NO.

The last invention is to let Euro float in oil: so-called Petroeuro, and in return accept immigration at even a multidoubled speed.

Links to qualified short readings of facts:

Euro ultralight and Euro light:
http://danmark.wordpress.com/2006/06/01/euro-ultralight-og-euro-light/

EURO DOES NOT GIVE THE RESULT THE POLITICIANS PROMISE

http://danmark.wordpress.com/2006/06/02/euro-consequences/

J.E. Vig, M.Sc.(Economics)
Denmark
http://Danmark.wordpress.com

So is everything fine with Europe? Of course it isn’t. The motor and the wheels might be fine; The direction it is heading to might also be right; the problem is we’re about to loose our passengers. The European constitution was an attempt to mend this problem. Unfortunately it failed. Let’s face it: It was a dragon. It was an attempt to create a European identity trough institutions and symbols. But that’s the other way around. The identity should come first, The symbols and institutions afterwards. It’s not as impossible as it might seem in the first place. The union was very popular when the borders vanished. That was new to people, and most of all it was very visible. Of course things like this don’t stay new for very long. People get used to it. Half the population has never known the time that you had to cross five borders to reach Athens from Belgium. People get used to it. Make Europe visible again! Why don’t we send troops to Spain and Italy if those countries ask help to defend the borders of the European Union against the refugees coming from Africa? Why don’t we work together in obvious and visible domains as the fight against terrorism, a refugee policy, etc.?

Let’s talk about this so called huge democratic deficit of Europe. True, the distance between the European commission and the voters is big. But that doesn’t mean that thee is no democratic control. The commissioners are appointed by national governments that have all been elected freely. This distance is not such a bad thing. Why do you think that all over the world central banks have that much independency (to speak about a lack of democratic control, there you have one.) Everybody seems to agree with this. And I agree too. Central banks should be protected against the short term interests of elected politicians. As we look at the European commission as a body that sets long-term goals, as ensuring market stability, free concurrence, protection of consumers, protection of the environment, etc. The distance between the commission and the voters may not be such a bad thing after all. True it would be much easier for Prodie to allow a higher deficit, and to let inflation do his short-term benefic work on wages, but in the long run this will never pay off. Letting the Hungary government work with a higher deficit would not be a lesser lie, then telling the people everything is fine.

I’m working in the financial sector, and as a result I’m often confronted with the effects the European Union has –world wide-.
To give some examples: In Serbia no more then one year ago, Third party liability in car insurance was a mockery. The third parties were in most cases simply not paid, not being clients of the insurance company in the first place. There were no courts to turn too. One third of the market was in the hands of malicious insolvent companies. A report of the European Community changed everything. To become compliant with European Directives, Serbia is cleaning up rapidly. 10 Companies have seen their licenses revoked. Solvency rules have been implemented, a fund has been created to indemnify victims of these companies, and regulation provides protection for the victims of car accidents.
And that’s just one sector in a country trying to become a member. In Russia they are reforming the financial institutions. The main goal: Compliancy with European directives. All over the world financial institution are looking at regulation in Europe to base their policy on.

The Euro is fine, thank you for your concern. The end of the Euro has already been predicted a thousand times. Nothing happened than and nothing will happen now. The Dollar however is in much bigger trouble. And I don’t understand why people tend to ignore this. All over the world national banks keep reserves in Dollars, mainly because oil is sold in Dollars. That makes a huge free loan from the rest of the world to the USA. That explains why the US can get away with a very large deficit on their trade balance for so many years. But we all know that is not going to last. As other strong currencies like the Euro, and in the near future the Yuan are coming in the picture, sooner are later those national banks will start to sell their dollar reserves to diversify. Countries like Russia or Iran deciding to sell there oil products in Euros might even accelerate the process. What will happen then is inflation, the USA government want be able to stop it, as it will be much bigger then the budget they have to their disposal. Of course this will affect the economy around the globe. It will be a black day for everybody. But I can only advise to everybody: Don’t keep assets in Dollars. It might be much more volatile then you would expect. No wonder however, that on the other side of the ocean, one is spreading rumors around the Euro…

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
CZECH REPUBLIC, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK, THE PRESIDENT OF
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF
ESTONIA, THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF
SPAIN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF
CYPRUS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF
LUXEMBOURG, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY, THE PRESIDENT
OF MALTA, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS, THE FEDERAL
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF
POLAND, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, THE PRESIDENT OF
THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
KINGDOM OF SWEDEN, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

The US Constitution begins thusly

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Only a small difference between the 2 beginnings I might add.....

I've believed for a long time that one of the biggest problems for the E.U. is that some country across the Atlantic already got it right; so they have a choice to copy the United States or try to re-invent the wheel.

Let's face it, the National Government -vs- States' Right, the Dollar including the use of a nickle, dime and quarter and a simple constitution are just a few ideas the Europeans could have put to good use.

Instead, they drive about in vehicles on oval tires.  Might still get them there, but it's going to be a real bumpy ride.

Lord, grant me the strength to change the things I can;

the serenity to deal with the things I cannot change;

and the wisdom to know the difference.

When I heard that it was over 250 pages long I knew something was radically wrong. Talk about micromanagment.

Compare it to the elegance and brevity of the 200+ year old American Constitution - 18 pages which has served us well.

Thank God for the Founding Fathers of America.

There was a time when British politics was so far left that joining the EEC (as it was at the time) was seen as opening the door to reckless capitalism. Mr. Kaletsky is obviously a relic from pre-Thatcher, Keynesian Britain: he thinks that the problem with the euro is that it has brought fiscal discipline to Italy (and also to countries which are not even in the euro-zone). He believes in free lunches: he thinks that all the problems of Italy could be cured if only the Italians could devalue the lira one more time.... He is unaware that interest rates were more than 10% in Italy before the euro; or maybe he thinks that sky-high interest rates are good for Italy.  He is also unaware that following the Maastricht criteria is, in practice, entirely voluntary: no country needs to keep the deficit under 3%, unless they want to. That should be obvious to anybody who reads the newspapers, but perhaps Mr. Kaletsky does't read them: he only writes in them.
 

What else do you expect as an outcome.. From the beginning the EU was obsessed to do or outperform what the USA was doing.. Their envy translated into incorporating a socialistic EU vision and bureaucratic system which for sure didn't reflect the will  "from the people" and governance "by the people". It seems to reflect more the will from the "elite" and governance by the "buraucrats" wanting their own currency, laws, constitution, airplanes (Airbus), political unity, etc.. before the union was really rooted in..   

Keep in mind the USA is the result of an "evolution" started by the founding fathers.. Europa, as an established identity of different countries, political systems, currencies, laws, cultures, ethnic groups, etc..cannot change overnight and cannot "force" a EU constitution upon their citizens..It takes time ... The ongoing anti USA obsession made them blind to the reality...

(just my humble opinion..may be I talk too much to Europeans...)

As the previous commenter states, the EU is basically a lair where unwanted, failed and/or useless bureaucrats and politicians can be placed and left to their own devices, making regulations and such that no one needs.

The thing about the Euro - which the average citizen, at least here in Spain, is quite dissatisfied with - is that is has meant a huge increase in the price of daily commodities whereas wages have grown nothing or little. The same has happened in Italy. So basically, a lot of money and acquisitive power has been stolen from the average citizen and is flowing in one direction only, away from the street citizen.

The EU is a big fraud and it costs us a lot of money and gets little or nothing done. I am yet to see any real benefit in my live. Yeah, I know I can go and work somewhere else without much hassle, but that basically means my country receives even more immigration.

When things get worse - that is, when Europe sinks more and more - the countries will start to replegate; there will be less and less trust and the EU will lose more and more might as the own circumstances of each country demand more immediate attention.

is fundamentally flawed. One cannot force a sense of belonging onto people that have been traditional enemies and rivals for hundreds of years and expect it to all go smoothly. It has the same problems as the United Nations. It is a retirement home for beauraucrats. It is an excuse for more laws, more regulations, and more taxes. All of which reduce economic growth. The EU is government for the sake of government. It is a political system built for the sake of politicians not for the sake of the various nationalities of Europe.