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"Even though Europe is experiencing a crisis both of representation, seen particularly in the French and Dutch rejections of the European Constitution, and of democratic participation, with growing numbers of people staying away from European elections, year after year since the 1992 Treaty of Maastricht it has not ceased trying to force us to swallow the pill of European citizenship.
Once again, what we have here is a machine for crushing nations and national identities so that they can ultimately be replaced by a European identity. This new ‘package’, which comes straight from the upper echelons of Euro-federalist bureaucracy, is an integral part of the submersion and immigration/invasion process desired by the Commission. The right of every citizen to move and to reside freely on the territory of the Member States is intended as the central right of European citizenship. It is therefore easy to understand why Brussels is trying to simplify and relax the rules for entering and residing in European territory because it is on them that the acquisition of this new citizenship depends.
The mindless dictatorship is systematically destroying national values and identities. It takes real courage today to display and defend a national awareness."@en1
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