UK can't bankroll more EU enlargement - Allister
13 December 2006
Speaking in a debate on future enlargement of the EU Ulster MEP Jim Allister attacked the linkage now being made between Enlargement and the Constitution. Enlargement, said Mr Allister, is the latest bandwagon Europhile fanatics have clambered on board in order to try and revive the rejected Constitution.
In the course of his remarks Mr Allister said:-
"Proponents of the rejected Constitution see further enlargement as a bandwagon to secure implementation of key parts of that Constitution. Hence, the ill-argued but vehemently demanded further assault on national vetoes, a Minster of Foreign Affairs, more powers for the unelected Commission and the expansionist Court of Justice and more competences for the EU.
Enlargement of itself requires none of this but Europhile fanatics like our rapporteurs, devoid of sustainable arguments to overcome popular opposition to the Constitution, have come up with this spurious spin that enlargement demands a Constitution. Neither this EU, nor one bloated by foolishly encompassing Turkey, needs a Constitution.
And all this, with no thought of who would pay. As in the past the expectation is that countries like the UK will happily continue to bankroll this runaway madness. With the EU already costing us 4 billion pounds net per annum, we simply can't afford any more charity."
