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edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Of course, they try to frame it in terms of Britain making such a declaration, but that's BS since they were the first to use the term "war".
Sunday Express
‘IF CAMERON BLOCKS EU TREATY IT WILL BE ACT OF WAR’Sunday January 8, 2012
By Ted JeoryDAVID Cameron has three weeks to decide whether to bless a new eurozone treaty or use Britain’s veto and place the country in a “very grave position”, a senior observer warned last night.
Peter Ludlow, president of the European Strategy Forum think tank, said Germany and France are confident they will secure a deal to save the long‑term future of the euro by the end of this month.
That would mean tougher financial rules for members of the eurozone and the use of existing EU institutions to enforce them, a move Cameron has indicated is a step too far.
However, veteran EU analyst Ludlow said one “very senior member” of the European Council had told him that if Britain were to try to block the deal it would be “tantamount to a declaration of war”.
He said: “If Cameron is stupid enough to try and block the use of the institutions it would be a very, very dramatic development which could only have grave consequences in terms of Britain’s own interests. It would be his nuclear weapon and that’s why all the messages I get from various people give the impression he will not do that.”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy want a new “fiscal compact” that commits countries to running a balanced budget. They want the rules enshrined in EU law so that sanctions can be levied on any member breaching them. That would mean a bigger role for the European Court of Justice and unelected European Commission, which would also have a larger say on the single market, not just matters relating to the euro.
Cameron said on Friday he would be against such a development, but Ludlow, who lectures around the world on EU affairs, told the Sunday Express: “The Germans and the French are absolutely serious. They are confident they can get the political agreement on this treaty by the end of this month and they will go ahead. I don’t think for a moment that Britain will join this scheme within 50 years, let alone five. However, I don’t think there is much that Cameron can do. I don’t think there is any intention of the Germans or French or anyone else of pushing Britain out of the EU, but there is nevertheless a realistic assessment that the British may edge themselves out or at least redefine their position in such a basic way that they are to all intents and purposes in another category of membership.”
Ludlow also questioned the description of Cameron’s “veto” at talks in Brussels last month. He said: “He didn’t veto; the negotiations were terminated by his partners who could see he had no negotiating position.”
A leaked version of the draft fiscal compact reveals that countries will “agree on a stronger coordination of economic policies, involving an enhanced governance to foster fiscal discipline and deeper integration in the internal market as well as stronger growth”.
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