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"en.20041118.7.4-071"2
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"The psychological drama to which we have been witness in the shape of the appointment of the European Commission will end today with the approval of the new Commission, something which will come as no surprise to anyone. A mere three changes will have been enough to secure this approval, changes which are of secondary importance on the face of it, but which are in fact extremely telling.
These changes include the removal of Mr Buttiglione, who dared to make a distinction between the natural family and homosexuality, as well as that of Mrs Udre, whom you believed to be guilty of putting up too spirited a defence of her country’s farmers. A place remains within the Commission for Mr Kovács, however, the erstwhile Hungarian Stalinist turned model socialist, who excelled in his incompetence. Mrs Kroes is still to be in charge of competition, despite her links with multinational corporations, and Mrs Fischer Boel is still to be in charge of agriculture, despite the fact that her husband farms pigs in Russia, which creates an obvious conflict of interest.
Such a line-up of Commissioners means that the Commission as a whole is only putting on a pretence of ‘independence’. It is indeed independent of nations and of the Member States, but it is a long way from being independent of multinational corporations or of doctrines which enforce the majority opinion and destroy freedom, as recently seen in Belgium.
Yet the sad truth is that the Barroso Commission is perfect for the tasks which await it: accelerated globalisation under America’s thumb, the de-industrialisation of Europe, the accession of Turkey, the disappearance of nation states to be replaced by a European super-state endowed with a Constitution, the dismantling of the European social model and the organisation of immigration …"@en1
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