Source:
BBCThe
Conservatives' stance on the EU has been attacked as "pathetic" by a French government minister who says it will "castrate" UK influence in Europe. France's minister for Europe, Pierre Lellouche, said
EU leaders would not help the Tories re-negotiate treaties.
Mr Cameron said all future treaties would be put to a public vote. He also promised a sovereignty bill if the Tories win the next election to "lock in" the supremacy of UK laws. And the Tory leader vowed to repatriate powers on the Charter of Fundamental Rights, employment and criminal law - which would need the agreement of all 27 EU nations.
Sylvie Goulard, a French MEP and president of the French European Movement, agreed with Mr Lellouche by saying she did not think the other member states would go along with the Tory plan.
"The idea that everyone comes in
when there is a change in government in one of the member states, everybody has the right to change everything, has nothing to do with the legal tradition of the European Union. "So we should refuse simply to do it."
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The Conservatives in the UK (and some other European countries) just keep on battling the progressive integration of Europe. Fortunately the conservatives' preference for a continent of competing (rather than cooperating), nationalistic countries (as has been the case for most of Europe's history) is no more likely to happen than their goal of a less progressive British health care system, social safety net, and tax structure.
The Conservatives are favored to win next year's UK election, but let's hope that this is another case of the pundits being wrong.