Blair must ignore the public over treaty - Barroso
13 June 2007
According to a report in today’s Daily Telegraph ( p. 16): "Tony Blair must ignore British public opinion at a summit showdown over a new European Union treaty next week, the president of the European Commission said yesterday. José Manuel Barroso told an audience of national and euro-parliamentarians that he hoped the Prime Minister "will have the courage'' to scrap more national vetoes and to sign up to an EU bill of rights despite public hostility.
Jim Allister MEP, accused Barroso of running scared after French and Dutch voters rejected the EU constitution two years ago. ''Democracy and Brussels just don’t go together'' he said. “This fear of the people reflects badly on the EU and demonstrates the undemocratic fanaticism of those driving the crusade for a Constitution.”
