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Merkel urges stronger fiscal ties for EU. Meantime Conservatives oppose EU. December 2, 2011 7:14 pm bowser

“In her speech, Mrs Merkel promised “concrete steps towards a fiscal union” – in effect close integration of the tax-and-spend polices of individual eurozone countries, with Brussels imposing penalties on members that break the rules.

“We need budget discipline and an effective crisis management mechanism,” she said. “So we need to change the treaties or create new treaties.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15997784

 

Meantime, a Heritage Foundation paper concludes, among other things.

“A Europe in which national sovereignty remains paramount, where states can react flexibly, suits the American national interest.”

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2004/10/a-conservative-vision-for-us-policy-toward-europe

 

  • Who is this Heritage Foundation, and what gives them the right to decide what the American national interest is, and ... by ER 2011-12-02 20:45:57
    • They are remarkably candid. America can bully individual European nations much more easily than a more monolithic EU. by bowser 2011-12-02 21:28:05
      • What did you think of both articles Bowser linked to? by TB 2011-12-02 21:16:10
        • EDITED:I never read them. I don't need to read every article pumped out by the Heritage Foundation to know what ... by ER 2011-12-02 22:17:10
          • Yeah, Chris Matthews, Think Tank. Get serious. by TB 2011-12-02 22:20:09
            • Exactly! by ER 2011-12-02 22:53:25

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