EU threat to our national
security.
The former leader of the Conservative Party, Michael
Howard, spoke recently about the impact the EU has on our national security. The speech,
written before yesterday’s appalling attacks in Brussels, outlined how much
control we have handed over to the EU.
The European Commission and the European Court now
control how we find and fight terrorists. Unelected EU judges also prevent us
from removing criminals who assist terrorists.
As the former Home Secretary Lord Howard said in his
speech, the EU ‘is a flawed and failing project which is making many of its
inhabitants poorer than they should or need be and is failing to keep its people
safe.
‘The first is a consequence of the euro which has an
exchange rate far too high for the crippled economies of southern Europe –
though, because it is lower than the Deutschmark would have been, helps to make
Germany’s exports competitive.
‘The second is a consequence of the Schengen
agreement which, according
to the former head of Interpol, is like hanging a sign welcoming terrorists
to Europe.
‘These two projects … are seen by many leaders of
the EU as the crown jewels of the new Europe. But both are creaking. The cracks
are widening. The very future of the EU is uncertain. So staying in is as much a
leap in the dark as leaving.’
That’s why the safer option is to Vote Leave and
take back control on 23 June.
