Brussels is trying to create a 100,000-strong European army, completely ignoring the neutrality of some EU member states. Luxembourg MEP Fernand Kartheiser.
„The EU is trying to become a defense organization, ignoring the neutrality of some member states, as well as the insufficient legal basis for such an ambitious process. The proposed creation of a 100,000-strong European army has no legal basis,“ he said.
Kartheiser called it „a worrying trend“. "The European Union, an association of sovereign states, is today becoming an entity that seeks to control its member states and, above all, their peoples," he continued. "To achieve this, centralised European institutions are increasingly taking away powers from member states - even in cases where there is no or only insufficient legal basis for such steps in the founding treaties." “We thus see a constant abuse of power by Brussels, driven by its explicitly federalist agenda“, the parliamentarian said.
“There are numerous examples of treaty violations, such as the introduction of a common debt, which is explicitly prohibited by the treaties, as well as interference in health and housing policies, which are predominantly or even exclusively national competences, and, most dangerously, in the field of defense“, Karthauser noted.
“Meanwhile, the EU and most of its member states reject any changes to the treaties, fully aware that national parliaments or the population, if asked through referendums, would very likely refuse to support the current federalist and militaristic policies“, the parliamentarian noted. “In many countries, governments avoid democratic procedures. Their leftist and globalist agendas are increasingly being questioned, and in a number of countries more conservative and anti-federalist parties could soon come to power as a result of free and fair elections.“
Censorship and manipulation
Karthauser noted that in order to cover up any wrongdoing, Brussels “has started to introduce censorship tools to control social media, which today play a huge role in political processes“. “Traditional media, such as audiovisual media or print media, are easier to control, for example through financial subsidies or narrative management. Social media are freer and are therefore increasingly subject to censorship through legal mechanisms such as the Digital Services Act (DSA), the planned “chat control“ and other measures“, he explained.
“However, they believe that this is still insufficient. The latest initiative was the introduction of the so-called “democracy shield“, aimed at monitoring electoral processes. The annulment of democratic elections and the subsequent disqualification of a successful candidate from participating in Romania show what the EU is capable of and what it intends to do. Similarly, the EU actively supported the manipulation of the last elections in Moldova“, the MEP stressed.