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Meet the Next President of the European Commission
by Soeren Kern
• July 8, 2014 at 5:00 am
"When it becomes serious, you have to lie." —
Jean-Claude Juncker.
"We decide on something, leave it lying around, and wait
and see what happens. If no one kicks up a fuss, because most people don't
understand what has been decided, we continue step by step until there is no
turning back." — Jean-Claude Juncker.
"Of course there will be transfers of sovereignty. But
would I be intelligent to bring attention to that?" — Jean-Claude
Juncker.
"I am for secret, dark debates." — Jean-Claude
Juncker.
Juncker has been an unabashed advocate for expanding the powers
of the EU. Critics say that the new system for naming the Commission
president amounts to an "institutional coup" because it severs any
remaining direct connection with the democratic process at the national
level.
Jean-Claude
Juncker (r), the president-designate of the European Commission, poses with
his predecessor, EC President José Manuel Barroso. (Image source: Council of
the European Union)
European leaders in Brussels have nominated Jean-Claude Juncker, the former
prime minister of Luxembourg, to be the next president of the European
Commission, the powerful bureaucratic arm of the European Union.
Juncker, a European federalist, is well known for his commitment to
further expanding the power of the European Union. His nomination—expected to
be easily approved by the European Parliament on July 16—sends a clear signal
that the European establishment has no intention of slowing the relentless
march towards a United States of Europe, despite the surge of anti-EU sentiment
across Europe.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor
Orban were the only two leaders of the 28-member bloc to vote against Juncker
during a special meeting held in Brussels on June 27.
Cameron said he was opposed not only to Juncker as a candidate, but also
to the way in which his candidacy was put forward.
Four Ways to Fight Extremism in Britain
by Samuel Westrop
• July 8, 2014 at 4:00 am
If British politicians are serious about putting a stop to the
misuse of charity for pro-terror purposes, lawmakers could propose
legislation that removes the effective immunity of charitable trusts from
liability when their trustees are found to have used funds for terrorist or
other unlawful activities.
Interpal
trustee Essam Yusuf exchanges warm greetings with Hamas terror leader Ismail
Haniyeh, in Gaza.
Two British Cabinet Ministers are "at war" over the growth of
Islamist extremism in public institutions, The Times reported this
month.
Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, has blamed the Home Office,
according to The Times, for the increasing influence of extremist
groups, citing recent attempts by "hardline Islamists" to
infiltrate British schools.
A source at the Department for Education stated that the failure to
tackle extremism has resulted in schools being targeted by "a group of
people who are ideologically Islamist" and "extreme without being
violent." Gove, The Times reported, believes that the Home Office
displays a "reluctance…to confront extremism unless it develops into
terrorism," and that "a robust response is needed to 'drain the
swamp'."
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