Lisbon Treaty - CNN report on European 'superstate'

A European 'superstate' is being constructed 'quietly' by an unelected European 'elite' without the support of the people

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[thejuice2003]

Absolute bullshit, this Anti-American spin is complete lies. I really hope US people dont buy into this crap. Sensationalist televsion, feeding to radical elements and extreme views. again absolute bullshit!

[1957Rotu]

Yeah, that's logical. CNN logic, at any rate. Apparently Sarko meets Blair for dinner to offer him the EU Presidency in return for a promise by Blair to "quell U.K. opposition to the Lisbon Treaty." A likely story. Blair, a private citizen, has the power to quell U.K. opposition to the Lisbon deal? My arse, he has.

Wonder what idiot in CNN penned that particular piece of nonsensical copy. Inane.

[LifeForm0]

This makes me laugh every time, how is it anti american ? They just wanted a counter balance.

[2wonderworld]

Anti-american superstate, for fuck sake. This only reveals how naive american media is.

[insidecurry]

why do american media insist on putting it like forming a super state to challenge the us or conspiring to counter the us hahaha we are allies dam american media is f@cked

[MuayThaiViking]

i have more in common culturally with americans than with most of europe (im danish). if i couldnt live in scandinavia for some reason, i would be on the first flight to NYC

EU will never be a superstate, we have too little in common with eachother. the difference between a Dane and an Italian, is a lot bigger than someone from Colorado and Oklahoma

[dcoutput]

everything needs to be balanced. there cant be just one superpower and im happy that its Eu rather than china or india.

And i dont hink EU is antiamerican russia is .

[ovidmusic]

anti american? whats anti american in a united, peaceful europe? us global leadership!? wait, rewind, what leadership!? have we been "dominated" by the us and we dont know!? "eu leaders want to set their own agenda apart from american policy"?!?!?! isnt it the way it always was, and the way its always suppose to be?! hello!? are the cnn guys even hearing what theyre saying!? if we were now in the 1940s this tv program alone would have been reason to go to war ...... (!?)

[spartacandream]

@thejuice2003 There was a person in favor of the treaty that made a statement about balancing america's power and influence, I think he was from Germany or Poland. Though it is true that most europeans aren't anti-american, there is a sentiment, although not anti-american per se, that they want to be able to counterbalance american power.

[LightsEShadows]

@LightsEShadows Lisbon Treaty take over Executive, Justice, and Legislative power, and you CANNOT do it without a popular referendum. But hey they already did a referendum for EU Constitution and was REJECTED !!

[efg36]

@LightsEShadows

The republicans in california dont have a right to vote.

[LightsEShadows]

@LightsEShadows least but not last, Lisbon Treaty force much more to ratify any law designed from non elected EU commission; if not ratified you will punished with fines and EU retaliation. National Parliament dont have real power anymore and for such things you MUST do a referendum. EU its illegal.