The
EU's official view is that integration is the guarantor of peace in Europe. Snr
Barroso suggests that critics and opponents of the European Union want a return
to isolation and trench warfare.
UKIP's
leader commented: "It is utter arrogance that this man, who has overseen rioting
in Greece, who has impoverished hundreds of thousands across the European Union
by putting erroneous ideology ahead of common sense and democracy, somehow
believes that his self-interested megalomaniac supra-national undemocratic
organisation is the bringer of peace in Europe.
"Are
they that blind as to fail to understand why the problems of Europe were caused
in the past? The accountability of those serving in politics, the recourse to
public opinion and the sympathy with national cultures and identities are what
are key to maintaining harmony in any nation state. The EU have proven time and
again they wish to sweep such considerations under the carpet in favour of
promoting a self-serving power structure.
"Far
from the peacekeepers, they will be proven the warmongers of this century by
denying the people of Europe a voice and an
identity."
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