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Tracking the Emerging Beast Power
By Chris Cumming
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While America is seemingly sleeping or otherwise focused on its own
internal problems and an upcoming election, an empire is being constructed in
Europe. The methods being implemented are not the same as empires we have
witnessed from the past. Empire-building, as I read one definition, is the
inclination of countries to acquire resources, land and economic influence
beyond their own borders in order to expand their wealth, size and power.
This is generally accomplished by a strong, charismatic leader leading huge
armies and forcing empire by means of the sword. Such empire-building is
easy to spot and track. Europe, however, is currently taking a different and rather
unique approach to building what could easily prove to be one of the greatest
empires of all time.
Europe is erecting their empire by means of consent rather than
confrontation or use of the sword. They present themselves as
a structure for peace and security and a force for good in the
world. Their desire is to be a model for the rest of the world
to emulate. They see themselves as global players, engaging
the world and being a leader in the spread of stability and
democracy. They are quietly extending their borders in an
posture of mutual cooperation. However all that they are doing
is not easily tracked.
Everything is obscured in a complexity of treaties, think tanks,
institutions, corporations, political parties, agencies and secret
or innocent-looking agreements. In addition, everything is
happening in reverse order from what we witness in earlier empires Instead of a
dynamic leader, slowly gaining power, founding a
political party, overcoming opposition, building the military, and
then creating the empire by force,
Europe is first
creating the political and economic infra- structure of empire and instituting the
laws that could be used by a dynamic leader coming along later.
Rather than attempting to bog you down with the complexities of each
element of empire, which is their inherent design,
I am going to construct the remainder of this Notebook piece as a
tool you can use to track this final construction. I will
present these elements in four sets:
1] the Treaties the
evolved into empire.
2] the Governmental elements
3] the Enlargement elements
4] the Military elements
I will finish with What to Expect in
and from Europe in the months and year just ahead.
Before you begin, watch this CNN news report with Lou Dobbs: click
here
Key Players in
Empire
Europeans see themselves as the world leaders of the 21st century.
They feel they are to be the political, economic and military model for the rest
of the world. Let me introduce you to some of the key players in empire and
what they see for United Europe.
Mark
Leonard
Mark Leonard is a British foreign policy thinker and the author of the book
Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century. He is currently the
Executive Director of the
European Council on Foreign Relations, a pan-European think-tank which was
launched in October 2007
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"But the next wave of
European transformation is only just beginning. The European Union
is starting to develop an enormous sphere of influence, extending
way beyond its borders, that could be called the
“Eurosphere”.
This belt of eighty countries covering the former Soviet Union, the
Western Balkans, the Middle East, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan
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Javier Solana
Dr. Javier Solana Madariaga is the High Representative for the
Common Foreign
and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Secretary-General of both the
Council of the
European Union (EU) and the
Western European Union (WEU).
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“We do not start in a
vacuum. The European Union is already a global player on the world
stage. Europe is crucial in the formulation of the major trade
policies, financial trends and monetary decisions. It is high time
for Europe to become a more active and influential global power. We
have to work for a stronger Europe better prepared to prevent
instabilities, with a robust sense of solidarity. A Europe
determined to play all its potential in the world.” ––1999 |
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"Where did we start?
As a peace project among adversaries. What is our greatest
accomplishment? The spread of stability and democracy across the
continent. And what is our task for the future? To make Europe a
global power; a force for good in the world."
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Jim
Cloos
Jim Cloos is presently Director in charge of Transatlantic Relations, Latin
America, United Nations, Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism at the General
Secretariat of the EU Council of Ministers and is a close collaborator of the
High Representative for the
Common
Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana.
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"The
European Union has, over the years proved its worth as a
structure for peace and security...But that is not
enough to tackle global problems in an interdependent
world. The EU must also become a serious actor on the
global scene. And in order to do that, it must go beyond
its traditional role as a major trading and economic
power." — 2006 |
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José Manuel Barroso
José Manuel Durão Barroso is a Portuguese politician and the 11th President of
the European
Commission, being the first Portuguese person to hold the post. He served as
Prime Minister of Portugal from 6 April 2002 until 29 June 2004, when he
resigned to become President-designate of the
European Commission
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"My
message to you is that Europeans must focus on, and act
in, the wider world. That is the kind of Europe which I,
as the President of the Commission, want. An open
Europe. A generous Europe, which spreads its drive and
determination for change beyond its borders. A Europe
which engages with the world, rather than trying to
avoid it." — 2005 |
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Robert Cooper
Robert Francis Cooper was a British diplomat until 2002 when he assumed the role
of Director-General for External and Politico-Military Affairs at the General
Secretariat of the
Council of
the European Union. He is responsible to Javier Solana, High Representative
of the EU's
Common
Foreign and Security Policy, and has assisted with the implementation of
European strategic, security and defence policy.
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"The
postmodern, Europe answer to threats is to extend the
system of co-operative empire ever wider. “I have no way
to defend my borders but to extend them”, said
Catherine the Great—and the European Union sometimes
seems to be saying the same. This is, in fact, an exact
description of the most natural security policy for a
postmodern community of states. The wider the postmodern
network can be extended, the less risk there will be
from neighbours and the more resources to defend the
community without having to become excessively
militarized." — 2003 |
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Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
Valéry Marie René Giscard d'Estaing is a French centre-right politician who was
President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981.
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"If we
succeed, in twenty-five years or fifty years—the
distance separating us from the Treaty of Rome—Europe’s
role in the world will have changed. It will be
respected and listened to, not only as the economic
power it already is, but as a political power which will
talk on equal terms to the greatest powers on our
planet, either existing or future, and will have the
means to act to affirm its values, ensure its security
and play an active role in international
peace-keeping."— 2002 |
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The pattern of all these
statements is the same. The EU is characterizing itself as
a peace-loving and growing economic power who now sees an urgent
need to take political and even international peace-keeping
actions to ensure world stability. Robert Cooper uses the
term "co-operative empire." Once this empire is fully
established, could there be a major stimuli which will bring
about military action or war by Europe? Especially if
there is another big war in the Middle East, which could
threaten European oil supplies or a collapse of the global
economic system.
This major stimuli [a
threat to empire] could effect the immediate need for
a strong leader to quickly take dictatorial powers and take
swift action.
An Empire Founded in Treaties
The United Europe we see today is the result of a series of
treaties going back fifty-seven years. The same pattern we
witness above is reflected here. What begins as humble
economic cooperation has grown into a massive political power.
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Five years after the signing of the Treaty of
Rome [1957],
we were already forecasting what you are now seeing in the
subsequent five treaties.
The Three
Pillars of the EU
This co-operative empire is evolving in a step-by-step process.
This is demonstrated in the establishment of the three pillars of
government in the
Maastricht Treaty. The three pillars divide all the policies of the
union. The first pillar contains the economic, social and
environmental policies. The second concerns itself with the security and
military policies and the third is reserved for police and judicial matters.
The reason for the division has to do with
supranational and
intergovernmental principles. That is, the member
states were willing to turn over the economic, social and environmental policies
to the central government [supranational]
more readily than those concerned with military and judicial elements. Most of
these remained with the individual member states [intergovernmental].
Time has passed however and with the
Treaty of Lisbon,
all these pillars are absorbed into the central EU government. This will
have a massive effect on what you will now see regarding possible military
build-up and law making.
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Treaty Headlines |
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Treaty Quotes |
- The [Lisbon] treaty provides that
every person holding the nationality of a member
state shall be a citizen of the EU, and that EU
citizenship complements but does not replace
national citizenship.
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- The EU hopes that with the completion of the new treaty, the bloc will
now be able to focus on efforts to address regional and world
challenges, enhance its role on the international stage, harden its
position in global talks, and sell the so-called "EU mode" of principles
and standards around the world.
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- The EU exists by virtue of the fact that countries agree to pool
sovereignty in certain areas.
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- "Europe now has the framework it needs to get moving again," Sarkozy
said. source
- The [Lisbon] treaty provides for a long-term president of the European Council of
EU leaders, a stronger foreign policy chief, a simpler, more democratic
decision-making system and more say for the national and European
parliaments.
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Governmental Elements
Tracking the building of an empire requires a working knowledge of the
governmental elements. Movement can take place in any of these agencies.
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European Union |
European Union - The European Union (EU) is a political and economic community of twenty-seven
member states
with
supranational
and
intergovernmental
features, located primarily in
Europe.
It traces its origins to the
European Economic
Community
(EEC)
formed in 1957 by the
Treaty of Rome
between six European countries. Since then the EU has grown
in size through the accession of new member states and has
increased its powers by the addition of new policy areas to
its remit.
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European Council |
The European Council (referred
to as a European Summit) is the highest political
body of the European Union which meets around four times a
year. It comprises the heads of state or government of the
Union's member states along with the President of the
European Commission.
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European Commission |
The European Commission (formally
the Commission of the European Communities) is
the executive branch of the European Union. The body is
responsible for proposing legislation, implementing
decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general
day-to-day running of the Union.
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European Court of Justice |
The Court of Justice of the European Communities, usually
called the European Court of Justice (ECJ), is the
highest court
in the
European Union (EU). It has the ultimate say on matters of
EU law
in order to ensure equal application across the various
European Union
member states
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European Parliament |
The European Parliament (Europarl
or EP) is the directly elected parliamentary body
of the European Union (EU).
Together with the
Council of the European Union
(the Council—not same as
European Council above), it forms the bicameral
legislative branch of the Union's institutions and has been
described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the
world.
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Each element has its own origin as you backtrack its evolution out of the
treaties. Notice how many are known by different names, making tracking
problematical. What we are going to see take place, with increasing speed,
is the movement from intergovernmental to the supranational. This
transition will be well in place when the strong leader, probably from Germany,
takes center stage. Notice this move to the supranational in a mid-2005
press release from the
European Court of Justice:
"The Court confirms that the principle that national
law must be interpreted in conformity with community law applies in the area of
police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (16 June 2005)."
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Governmental Elements Headlines |
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Governmental Elements Quotes |
- European Commission
Vice-President Margot Wallstrom told deputies the
treaty signed in December "strengthens Europe's
democratic legitimacy".
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- And Europe's influence grows at
America's expense. While America fumbles at
nation-building, Europe spends its money and
political capital on locking peripheral countries
into its orbit.
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- EU recognized as world power.
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Global power is not limited to military
might, and Europe still has the economic weight and soft power to
effect changes.
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- The new European Union generates
about a quarter of the world's GDP and more than a
fifth of global trade. It is already the biggest
economic bloc in the world and the largest single
market.
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Enlargement of Empire
At the same time the EU is building supranational government, it is in the
process of enlargement. This is being accomplished on differing levels.
Some nations are being courted for full EU membership. Others are being encouraged
and enticed into social and economic partnerships. This includes virtually
every nation with shores on the
Mediterranean Sea including Israel.
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Enlargement of the European Union |
Enlargement of the
European Union is the political process for integrating
countries into the European Union. The process of
enlargement is sometimes referred to as
European integration. However, this term is also
used to refer to the intensification of cooperation
between EU member states as national governments allow
for the gradual centralizing of power within European
institutions.
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European Economic
Community |
The European Community (EC) is one of the three pillars
[see above]
of the European Union (EU) created under the Maastricht
Treaty (1992) [see above]. Prior to that it was an independent
supranational economic organization founded in 1957 by
the Treaty of Rome. It is due to be completely absorbed
by the European Union in 2009 if the Treaty of Lisbon
comes into force.
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European Economic Area |
The European Economic Area (EEA) came into being on
January 1, 1994 following an agreement between three
member states of
European Free Trade Association (EFTA),
the
European Community (EC), and all member states of
the
European Union (EU). It allows these EFTA countries
to participate in the European Single Market without
joining the EU.
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The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (or Barcelona
Process) |
The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (or
Barcelona
Process) started in 1995 with the Barcelona
Euro-Mediterranean Conference. It was organized by the
European Union to strengthen its relations with the
countries in around the Mediterranean [North Africa and
Middle East].
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European Free Trade Association |
The European Free
Trade Association (EFTA) is a European
trade bloc which was established on May 3, 1960 as
an alternative for European states who were either
unable to, or chose not to, join the then-European
Economic Community (now the
European Union).
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Much like the governmental elements I
presented above and the military elements below, each has differing
points of origin among the treaties. However, notice that all
these elements have one overriding purpose and that to absorb all
institutions into one centralized base of power.
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Enlargement of Empire Headlines |
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Enlargement of Empire Quotes |
- The EU, he notices, has become
closely involved in the affairs of the fledgling
Palestinian state. Israel, Lebanon and Jordan are
all culturally close to Europe, and might also be
tempted to join. Many in Ukraine, too, are warming
to EU membership. And if Ukraine joins, what is to
stop the EU from reaching as far as Belarus, or even
Russia itself?
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- The bloc "would have a mission to reunite Europe and Africa around the
countries along the Mediterranean rim and to set up a partnership on an
equal footing between the countries" north and south of the sea, they
said.
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- The
Mediterranean Union would have increasing
involvement with the EU, eventually sharing common
institutions with it.
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- Israel, Lebanon and Jordan
are all culturally close to Europe, and might also
be tempted to join. Many in Ukraine, too, are
warming to EU membership. And if Ukraine joins, what
is to stop the EU from reaching as far as Belarus,
or even Russia itself?
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- The EU already covers 450 million
citizens, but beyond them there are another 1.5
billion people in about 80 countries umbillically linked
to the EU through trade, finance, foreign investment and aid.
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Military Elements
In my opening statement, I said that the European Union is being
assembled in a complexity of
institutions, corporations and political parties That is, each modular piece
is being put together in multiple locations for quick assembly when
the time is right or when an outside catalyst compels everything
coming together as one. This is abundantly demonstrated in the
next table. All these agencies are building parts of a huge
military infrastructure. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor,
millions of men immediately signed up for military service.
What we will witness in Europe will make the 1941 American
mobilization pale by comparison. When Europe's millions come
forth, a massive infrastructure will already be in place.
In
2006, the EU was second in military expenditures only to the US.
Click
here to see a list of countries and federations by military
expenditures. The EU spent three-hundred billion in military
spending in 2006 or half what the US did. However, notice that
NATO's spending exceeded eight-hundred billion for the same period and
much of that hardware is in Europe. There is already talk of
NATO being absorbed by
the EU. Seemingly overnight, the EU could become the
greatest military power in modern history. Also keep in mind
that though the US outspent the EU at a rate of two dollars to one
in 2006, the US is spending its substance in a prolonged and costly war
[more than 275 million a day].
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Western European Union |
The Western European Union (WEU) is a partially dormant
European defence and security organization, established
on the basis of the
Treaty of Brussels
of 1948 with the accession of
West Germany
and
Italy
in 1954. It was founded with ten member nations.
Notice their flag at the top of this page with its ten
stars.
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European Defence Agency |
The European Defence Agency (EDA) is an agency of the
European Union based in Brussels. It is a
Common Foreign
and Security Policy (CFSP) body set up on 12 July 2004,
reporting to the
Council of the European Union. The EDA
serves all European Union member states except Denmark,
which has an opt-out of issues relating to defence.
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European Security and Defence Policy |
The European Security and Defence Policy or ESDP is a
major element of the
Common Foreign and Security Policy
pillar of the European Union (EU). The ESDP is the
successor of the ESDI under NATO, but differs in that it
falls under the jurisdiction of the European Union
itself, including countries with no ties to NATO.
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Military of the European Union |
The
European Union is not a state and as such does not have
its own dedicated military forces. There are a number of
multi-national military and peacekeeping forces which
are ultimately under the command of the EU. An early
attempt (1952) to form a
European Defence Community failed, but since then
many politicians, including
Guy Verhofstadt and
Nicolas Sarkozy, promised to create a European
military.
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European Union Battle groups |
European Union battlegroups (EU BGs) are military forces
of 1500 combat soldiers under the control of the
European Union. There are currently fifteen, mostly
multi-national groups who rotate actively so that two
are ready for deployment at any one time. The
battlegroups reached full operational capacity on 1
January 2007.
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Overseas interventions of the European Union. |
Since 2002 the European Union has become increasingly
active abroad under the
European Security and Defence
Policy. As of November 2007, it has engaged in sixteen
operations, using civilian and military instruments in
several countries in three continents (Europe, Africa
and Asia).
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European Union Force
(EUFOR)
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EUFOR or European Union Force is a term used to describe
European Union military deployments.
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Eurocorps |
Eurocorps is a force which consists of up to 60,000
soldiers drawn from the armies of Belgium, France,
Germany, Spain and Luxembourg. It is independent of any
other military command although it can
be placed under the command of international
organizations.
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Eurofor |
Eurofor is a multinational rapid reaction force composed
of forces from France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. It
has a permanent staff capable of commanding operations,
involving commitments of up to a Light Division in size.
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Even as I write, a news story has come over the
presses from
German Foreign Policy.com, "German
presence in the Middle East increasing". The Germans
are securing a position in the Middle East. Who is there
to stop them?
The rise of a new European Empire is a very complex subject.
This is why we are providing you with this tool for tracking
these events in the EU as they happen. Rest assured that we are
monitoring all these agencies and elements on a daily basis and
posting all revenant stories
here.
Empire Europe is now being assembled. The
Treaty of Lisbon is the document that brings it all
together.
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Military Elements Headlines |
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Military Elements Quotes |
- Five former Western military leaders have called for the formation of a
joint EU-NATO 'directorate' in order to co-ordinate the two bodies'
response to any threats to global security.
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- EU defense ministers have
increased the
European Defence Agency's annual budget by one
third in a bid to improve the bloc's military
performance.
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- Germany adopted the most radical
restructuring of its forces in 45 years yesterday,
paving the way for more German peacekeepers to serve
across the world.
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- “Europe has created the conditions to take on a greater responsibility
for global security and thus contribute to a world that is more secure,”
it says.
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- By conspicuously adopting
a mediating role between Tel Aviv and Arab forces, Germany is at
the same time laying the basis for enhancing its positions in
the Near East.
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- The European Union is sending in a police and military intervention
force into Kosovo in derogation of Serbia's sovereignty and in violation
of of international law.
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- Paris, France’s President Nicolas
Sarkozy plans to create an elite defence group of
the EU’s six biggest member states once the Lisbon
treaty comes into force next year
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What To Expect
I will make it simple. Focus on two areas:
Germany and
the Vatican.
Both will take sudden action regarding Muslim immigration and/or
the increasing unrest and threat of nuclear war in the Middle
East. Either event could be the one that produces the new
powerful leader in Europe.
Everything about this new European Empire [Eurosphere]
is total integration [economically,
socially, politically and militarily]. Everything
Muslim is totally against EU integration. Indeed, they want the
entire EU to move to Muslim integration. Two gigantic forces
meeting head-to-head and something will have to give. I have
been predicting since June of 2005 that the Pope will call for a new,
modern-day
Crusades. These events could be just ahead.
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What to Expect Headlines |
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What to Expect Quotes |
- I believe the 21st century will
come to be seen as the "new European century." Not
because the EU will run the world, but because the
European way of doing things will become the
world's.
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- By keeping a low profile at home and working through international
structures, Europe has managed to spread its wings without attracting
much hostility. As it becomes a force to be reckoned with on the world
stage, it can act in the same way.
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- EU membership is such a powerful
lure that countries will revamp their legal,
judicial and political systems just to join.
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- ...once drawn into the Eurosphere
of law and institutions, countries are changed
forever - and they never want to get out.
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- This is the "Eurosphere" — Europe's growing zone of influence. Through
continued enlargement and the EU's new neighborhood policy, nearly a
third of the world's population has come under the influence of a zone
of peace, prosperity and democracy.
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- A study commissioned by Germany’s
Interior Ministry warns that 180.000 of the
country’s 3 million Muslims are willing to commit
violence in the name of Islam.
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- The Muslim Council of Britain says perceptions of Islam are so negative
there is now a danger people's minds will be poisoned against Muslims as
they were against the Jews in Germany in the 1930s.
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- ...the EU will find itself
sandwiched between the US, which supports Kosovo’s
right to independence, and Russia, which insists
Kosovo cannot secede if the Serbs say so.
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- By conspicuously adopting
a mediating role between Tel Aviv and Arab forces, Germany is at
the same time laying the basis for enhancing its positions in
the Near East.
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Why
Europe Will Run the 21st Century
by Mark Leonard
Belief that the 21st century will become a century in which
the current European way of doing things will become
dominant in the world.
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Fascism
is difficult to recognize because it is so poorly understood
and because its nature is masked behind collective denial.
––Modern
Fascism, by Gene Edward Veith, Jr., p.25.
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"That there will be ten nations united
together in a super-dictatorship in Central Europe, probably
called a 'United States of Europe' by the time of the Second
Coming of Jesus Christ, there can be no doubt."
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You Understand Bible Prophecy" |
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