On 29 Nov 2003 12:59:26 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

In article ,
martin wrote:
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 09:23:16 +0000 (UTC), "anton"
wrote:

Withdraw from the EU. Then we won't get stupid EU regulations,
and the rest of the stupid regulations will clearly be home-grown, so we can
hold our own politicians to account for them.

The mindless interpretation and enforcement of EU directives is a UK
problem.

Those of us with long memories will remember that it was no different
before we joined the EU, but that fact is conveniently forgotten by
the Little Englanders.

It's
called accountability, and it's in extremely short supply with
the current EU/national govt set-up. If the new EU constitution
gets passed then accountability will disappear completely
for decades. Lack of accountability breeds revolutions.

Not in UK so far, despite hundreds of years of lack of accountability.

Hmm. As a Celt, I must dissent. Unfortunately, the revolutions were
all unsuccessful.

:-)

The Romans got kicked out...

The Danes got kicked out........

meanwhile in Brussels...

(Note that the Red Ensign already has an emblem displayed in the
corner of it's flag)

AM\512783EN.doc PE 331.374/2-3
EN Draft report (PE 331.374)
Bernard Poignant
on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on
the transfer of cargo and
passenger ships between registers within the Community
Proposal for a regulation (COM(2003) 478 – C5-0366/2003 –
2003/0180(COD))
Text proposed by the Commission Amendments by Parliament
Amendment by Josu Ortuondo Larrea
Amendment 2
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Ships sailing under the flag of a
Member State ought to be more easily
identifiable within and outside the
European Union.
Or. es
Justification

For improved identification, instead of creating a European register
ships registered in a Member State ought to display the emblem of the
European Union in a corner of their flags, much as Community vehicles
already do on their registration plates.
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The good news is that there is little chance, that the above nonesense
will be accepted. It's quite poignant really
--
Martin