EU Parliament Chief admits 75% of all our laws are EU-made - Hans Gert Pottering Feb 2009

EU Parliament Chief gives the game away and says that 75% of all our laws are EU-made. He says that it will be 100% once the Lisbon Treaty is ratified.

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[Mim237]

Uhm, sorry guys but I happen to understand German and the subtitles are a mistranslation. He did NOT say 75% of member states' laws are made by Europe. He says of the laws passed by the European Union 75% are made by the European Parliament.

He does not in any way state how much of an influence those laws have on individual member states. This is a horrible example of twisting and (willfully - I have to assume) misrepresenting someone's words. Shocking!

[kzearo]

Speaking as a Eurosceptic myself, I am sorry to tell you that the statement made by Mr Pottering has been misinterpreted.

He was saying not saying that 75% of all the laws in Europe are made by the EU, but that that 75% of the laws made by the EU are passed by the EU Parliament.

If you listen to his whole speech, it is obvious that that is what he meant.

[Almajo88]

@pepeeeq182 There's a difference between law passed by the Union and law passed by member states. Unless you'd claim that 100% of EU member state laws are made by the EU?

[pepeeeq182]

@Mim237 @Mim237 are you out of your mind? What other laws are there in the EU?????Are you saying there are laws in the EU made "by Europe" (whatever that means) that don't go thru the EP? By EU he of course meant individual member states. The subtitles may not correspond 100%, the point, nonetheless, remains unchanged.

And I can give you transcript of one of his interviews in one Slovak magazine, where he said that even more clearly.

[Rompa87]

UKip have never claimed to be fair and balanced with what they publish on youtube. They could make Jesus into satan with their "innovative" use of editing and subtitling

[Vinetia]

This video I have to say has been rather "inventive" with their subtitles to say the least.

[FurballRZ]

@ukipmedia, did your helpers all have an e or an f in german? for fucks sake whatsw ropng with you, or in other wortd, das ist die grösste scheisse die ich seit jahren gehört hab, ihr könnt kein deutsch und wollt das übersetzen, geht zurück in die schule lernt was richtiges, und hört auf mist zu verbreiten

[FurballRZ]

im swiss... thats the biggest pile are horseshit, who the fuck are there translator, of corse they partake in voting on laws in nearlyx 100 % of cases, i mean they r in the eu... 5the eu would be usless if none of the desicsions together with the other contrys, no wonder its 75... wtf dude, making the descision in a union is harly somewthing bad, are you insane... and all the transltions are abou the european union not europe, and he doesnt say they all effeckt gb, your translation is shite

[TheAmazingSatirist]

It's too sad we can't post this on failblog .org -.-

Wir brauchen dringend einen deutschen Failblog. "Fehlschlaginternettagebuch . de" oder irgendwie sowas... xD

[Nalsii]

UK Independence Party - independent from the truth

[kayman92]

You expect UKIP to be honest.

[2ndsB4]

how can you be so dumb. thats a brainwashers work, take words out of context and then CONSCIOUSLY misinterpret them. distortion at its best. i laugh at them idiots who actually believe that shit.

ah and btw: politics are never made in parliaments or governments.