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18TH MAY 2012 THE REALITY BEHIND EUROPE MONTHLY £3.50
Irish referendum and euro
bailout challenge
Anthony Coughlan
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he Republic of Ireland is Ireland’s principal political parties Germany and France it will have it
holding a referendum on the so- are as usual on the referendum Yes- ratified by July.
called “Fiscal Treaty” for the side. They call the treaty the “Stability The ESM Treaty in turn depends for
Eurozone on the 31st May. The treaty’s Treaty”. For the No-side it is the its validity in EU law on an
proper name is “Treaty on Stability, “Permanent Austerity” Treaty. It is not amendment to an article in the EU
Coordination and Governance in the stability the Republic needs, but a Treaties, Article 136 TFEU, which
Economic and Monetary Union”. rebellion against the euro-currency. also has still to be approved by Ireland
This treaty, which Britain’s David The Europe of Freedom and and most other EU States. This
Cameron sensibly decided to have Democracy Group in the EU amendment by the 27 EU Member
nothing to do with, requires the 17 Parliament to which UKIP belongs is States permits the 17 Eurozone States
Member States of the Eurozone to run sending a colourful brochure to every to establish a Stability Mechanism if
balanced budgets in perpetuity. Irish household telling voters that the that is needed “to safeguard the
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel best way out of the Republic’s mess is stability of the euro area as a whole”.
insisted on it in order to be able to to default on the huge private bank But what the ESM Treaty proposes
assure German voters that the debts which the ECB has insisted on looks like being in breach of EU law
peripheral countries of the Eurozone, loading on to Irish taxpayers, to leave and therefore of the Irish Constitution
the so-called PIGS, will avoid public the euro, devalue a restored Irish which must enforce EU law. It would
deficits in future which would erode pound and thereby restore the set up a new Eurozone Institution, the
confidence in the euro-currency. If the Republic’s economic competitiveness. ESM, of which the 17 Eurozone States
“Fiscal Treaty” is ratified, Keynesian- Nigel Farage, Roger Helmer, Paul become “Members”. This will have a
style public spending to counter Nuttall and other EFD MEPs were fund of €700 billion at its disposal
slumps in domestic economic demand widely welcomed when they came to to lend directly to Eurozone
will henceforth be constitutionally Ireland with this message. Governments in trouble, thereby by-
forbidden across the Eurozone. The main Yes-side theme in the passing the ban on sovereign bailouts
The Irish Republic made the biggest referendum is that if people do not in Article 125 TFEU of the existing EU
mistake in its history when its ultra- vote for the “Fiscal Treaty” they will treaties. Having failed to obey the 3
Europhile political class pushed it into be denying themselves access to the per cent and 60 per cent of GDP
adopting the euro. The one-time €700 billion permanent loan fund for “excessive deficit rules” set out in
“Celtic Tiger” now has 15 per cent the Eurozone when this is established. those treaties, Germany and France are
unemployment, 10 per cent of house This fund does not yet exist. It is to be now proposing to put the EMU on an
mortgages are three months in arrears, established by means of another Treaty entirely different basis than hitherto by
national output is down one-tenth on between the 17 Eurozone States, the means of this ESM.
four years ago, its banks are not European Stability Mechanism Treaty They are seeking in this way to by-
lending to its domestic economy, youth (ESM). This ESM Treaty has yet to pass the rules of the current EMU and
emigration is high and its financial be ratified by Ireland. The Irish carve out a legal path to what French
a ffairs are being run by a troika Government intends to bring it before President Nicolas Sarkozy has called
representing the European Central the national parliament, the Dáil, for “A Federation for the Eurozone and a
Bank (ECB), the Brussels Commission ratification in June once this Confederation for the rest of the EU”.
and the IMF. referendum is over, for it has promised Continued on page 3
INSIDE: EU set aside p 2 – ‘Robin Hood’ tax p 2 – IMF funding p3 – Eurozone unemployment rises p 3 – Mayoral proposals
rejected by the English p 3 – EU: Foreign Ministers meeting? p 4 – Sign Treaty or pay fine! p 4 – Spanish woes continue p 4
– Anglosphere tops world league tables p 5 – China gets further advice on its economy p 5
VOL 17 NO 9EU set aside
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peaking during a recent debate made to set aside perfectly good Commission understands that it is
in the European Parliament’s farmland as part of the EU’s ‘greening’ going to hit farmers in the UK much
Agriculture Committee on the measures. “On my farm, 7 per cent harder than anybody else. If grassland
impact of greening proposals on would be 28 acres. I can find about 10 farmers plough up just 10 acres for
farming, Stuart Agnew MEP and acres out of ponds, pits and hedges, some barley, they are going to have to
agriculture spokesman for the UKIP etc, but another 18 acres, which is a have three crops where they ploughed,
has ridiculed the EU’s claim that field, is going to have to come out of which is highly inconvenient.
setting aside farm land can influence production. That means an empty “Small arable farmers, most of
the climate. Mr Agnew told the field. All the farms around me will whom get other farmers to farm the
Committee: “These measures are have fields like that too. land for them, have, until now, had the
supposed to be ‘executable and “Meanwhile, I have got to feed whole thing blocked out with one crop,
verifiable’. How can you prove that 35,000 chickens and they eat wheat. with a different crop planted each year
anything we do is going to change the Wheat is going to get more expensive, to achieve the rotation. It is going to
climate? You are chasing fairies. We which ultimately translates into higher be very inconvenient for them too. It
are not going to change the climate. egg prices for the consumer. I think will mean a lot more road journeys for
We respond to changes in the climate. this whole idea is scandalous.” contractors. The whole thing is
That is all we can do.” Mr Agnew also made clear his nonsense. The three hectare threshold
He went on to described it as opposition to the EU’s interference should be at least ten times as high.”
“scandalous” that farmers are being with crop rotation: “I don’t think the
‘Robin Hood’ tax
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he EU is using its usual wall of The money would be raised through as the ‘City of London’ would be
mirrors to try and bring in the a 0.1 per cent tax on stock and bond paying in the lions share. The lose to
‘Robin Hood’ tax. trades and 0.01 per cent on derivatives. the UK would be around £21 billion,
A suggestion by the Commission The money raised would then be and unless this tax was adopted on a
that EU countries could save billions distributed, one third going to national global basis the UK financial sector
has been put mentioned. budgets and two thirds (€54 billion) to could be driven outside the EU.
Although the UK and Germany are the EU budget. Cameron also said that it would be
split on the Financial Transaction Tax A statement was quickly released by used by other countries as an excuse to
(FTT), the idea is getting growing the UK saying it “completely refute(s) get off their foreign aid commitments.
support across the EU. The EU the suggestion” that it would benefit
Commission in March said that EU from an European Union FTT. By the end of this year the proposed
Member States could pay 50 per cent This transaction tax was core to the increase in the EU budget has to be
less into the general EU budget by commission proposal for the next agreed, originally put at 5.0 per cent,
2020 if they agree to implement the multi-annual budget (2014-2020) but recently a figure of 6.8 per cent has
FTT. unveiled in June last year. Member appeared.
In a last-ditch attempt to undermine states reacted negatively to the As always with the EU, part of the
government opposition to both this transaction tax and budget increase budget negotiations will also include a
specific ‘Robin Hood’ levy and the proposals. stronger role for the European
general idea of Brussels raising taxes, EU commission President Jose Parliament.
EU budget commissioner Janusz Manuel Barroso said that when A group of nine member states has
Lewandowski has put some concrete member states see in “concrete terms” said it wants to press ahead with the
savings figures on the table. the savings that can be made “some FTT on its own (which would remove
The Commission has estimated that who have been sceptical will probably it from the commission’s grasp) while
Germany would pay €10.7 billion less change their position”. Germany and the UK and others have
to the EU budget by 2020, Poland €1.8 Lewandowski, for his part, said said the budget should not increase
billion, Italy €6.4 billion and Latvia there has been a “change” in member beyond inflation.
€81 million. They have also implied states’ thinking on Brussels raising The FTT is supported by many
that the UK, the Netherlands and taxes. He went on “We are coming MEPs who are hoping for growth and
Sweden - the strongest opponents of with some striking figures to assist the further spending policies and are also
the FTT - would save €7.6 bn, €2.6 bn debate”. very keen on spending more. The
and €1.6 bn respectively. Furthermore The UK according to David report by the European Parliament for
by 2020, these total savings could Cameron and many economists would an increase in its budget last June was
amount to €81 billion. be the loser in this system of taxation also supported by the parliament.
PAGE 2 eurofacts 18TH MAY 2012Irish referendum and bailout challenge
Continued from page 1 amendment procedure than that which There are constitutional challenges to
The ESM is intended to be the Bank- is currently being used. the ESM Treaty in Germany and
cum-Finance Ministry of the Eurozone Estonia also.
Federation the Franco-Germans are An Independent member of the Irish The Pringle case could well make
envisaging, with themselves Parliament, Thomas Pringle, who Ireland’s current “Fiscal Treaty”
effectively in charge of it. represents County Donegal, is now referendum the prelude to a further
Yet monetary policy for the challenging the legality of this Article Irish referendum on a much more
Eurozone is “an exclusive EU 136 TFEU amendment and the ESM important issue - the €700 billion
competence” under the existing Treaty which it authorises in the Irish permanent bailout fund for the euro-
Treaties. A sub-group of EU States, Courts. Pringle contends that there currency on which that inevitably
the 17 Eurozone Members, has no legal needs to be a further referendum in doomed project which has inflicted so
entitlement to take the Economic and Ireland on both of these proposals if much misery on so many is currently
Monetary Union captive in this way they are to be adopted in accordance relying on for a further lease of life.
and superimpose a fiscal union on top with the Irish Constitution.
of the monetary union. Or if they are This has become a big issue in the Anthony Coughlan is Director of the
to do that lawfully, then the Article 136 “Fiscal Treaty” referendum. Pringle’s National Platform EU Research and
TFEU amendment on which they are constitutional challenge puts a legal Information Centre, Dublin, Ireland
relying needs to be adopted on the question-mark over the €700 billion and Professor Emeritus in Social
basis of a different EU treaty rescue fund for the euro-currency. Policy at Trinity College Dublin.
IMF funding
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he International Monetary Fund loans worth £38 billion, while also eurozone countries including Greece.
(IMF) begging bowl continues saying that it expects other countries to The UK government has not yet told
to be passed around, seeking contribute. The UK government has us the interest rate it will receive, but it
extra cash from its members to shore chipped in a further £10 billion from has confirmed that no country has yet
up its finances and to help with the UK’s hard-pressed taxpayers’. lost money by loans to the IMF, let’s
problems caused by the Eurozone debt As the debt crisis has been hope we are not the first!
crisis. increasing, the IMF has been providing Is this a wise us of our money during
Japan has agreed to give the IMF emergency funding to some of the a recession, only time will tell.
Eurozone unemployment rises
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nemployment in the eurozone month of April, the private sector in nearly three years and is the fastest
area has risen to a level of shrank by more than was initially fall since October last year. The
10.9% according to Eurostat, suspected according to a recent survey. reductions according to Markit were
this is the highest level since the euro The survey carried out by the Markit due to a weak manufacturing exports
was launched in 1999. eurozone composite purchasing and a marked decline in new business.
The figures show that 17.4 million managers’ index (PMI) has dropped to Meanwhile, unemployment rate in
people are now looking for work, of 46.7 from the March level of 49.2. (A the eurozone’s three-largest economies
these more than 3 million are under 25. level below 50 shows a reduction) rose to 9.8% in March, up from 9.6%
To make matters worse, during the This is one of steepest contractions in February.
Mayoral proposals rejected by the English
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espite a sustained push by the the political elite. The rejections were Unlike the EU system of how to
government for elected caused by a variety of factors, but the conduct a referendum, the individual
Mayors throughout the UK the largest one seems to have been the cost city’s will not have to vote again until
public have said no. to the rate payers’ followed by an they produce the required result that
Rejections in Birmingham, unwanted further layer of local the politicians require.
Bradford, Coventry, Leeds, government. Democracy at least for the time
Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Only in Bristol did the local being is still being exercised in the
Sheffield and Wakefield has surprised referendum vote for an elected mayor. United Kingdom.
eurofacts 18TH MAY APRIL 2012 PAGE 3FROM THE HOUSE OF LORDS
EU: Foreign Ministers meeting?
Written Question subjects. We are aware of one group of decision-making processes and upset
Lord Stoddart of Swindon: To ask Her EU Foreign Ministers meeting on an the institutional balance within the EU.
Majesty’s Government whether a informal basis to discuss a variety of (Parliamentary copyright 2012 - House
selected group of European Union issues related to the future governance of Lords Hansard 1st May 2012)
Foreign Ministers is considering the of the EU. While the UK is not part of
appointment of an official combining that group, we understand that one idea Commenting on the Government’s
the roles of the President of the under discussion is a merger of the response to his question, Lord Stoddart
European Council and the President of positions of President of the European said: “These sorts of informal
the European Commission and elected Council and President of the European discussions within the EU have a habit
by the European Parliament; if so, Commission. of rapidly being transferred into formal
whether the Foreign Secretary is a However, this idea is purely proposals. Since the Government is
member of the group; and whether they hypothetical; no formal proposals have not party to these discussions, its
have made any assessment of those been made. The UK has had and reservations are academic. Such a
proposals. continues to have strong reservations merger would represent a massive
The Minister of State, Foreign and about whether this would be in the shift of power into the hands of a
Commonwealth Office (Lord Howell UK’s or the EU’s interest. A merger of single, unelected bureaucrat. The
of Guildford): Different groupings of the two presidencies would create a Government should be taking this issue
European Union (EU) Foreign potential conflict of interest, far more seriously and voicing its
Ministers meet on a wide variety of undermine the quality of the EU’s objections very strongly.”
Sign Treaty or pay fine!
European Communities then happen? reply, Lord Stoddart said: “He is
(Amendment) Act 1993 Lord De Mauley: My Lords, as I said, suggesting that if Parliament doesn’t
we would be in breach and subject to do as it is told by Brussels, then the UK
Lord Stoddart of Swindon: Can the infraction proceedings and, yes, I am will be getting a smack on the wrists
Minister explain what would happen if sure that we would be subject to a fine. and a large fine. It is humiliating and
Parliament decided that it did not want I do not want to speculate on what humbling for a Parliament of the
to obey this particular instruction or would happen if we did not pay it. stature that ours once had, that is until
law under the treaty, and infraction (Parliamentary copyright 2012 - House it made the terrible mistake of allowing
proceedings took place? Is it possible of Lords Hansard 26th April 2012) itself to be undermined by the EU. At
for the United Kingdom to be fined? If least we can be in no further doubt
it refused to pay the fine, what would Commenting on Lord De Mauley’s about who really governs our country”.
Spanish woes continue
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hile the eurozone worries figures rose again in March while its support, this support will require the
about the Greek election sovereign debt level has been further country to take on more debt. In terms
results challenging the downgraded to BBB+. of outlook, the agency has placed
austerity measures the EU - under the The unemployment rate in Spain Spain on a negative outlook, meaning
direction of Germany’s Angela Merkel according to its National Statistics there is a risk of future further
- has demanded of the Greek people. Agency at the end of March rose to downgrading of its debt level.
The Spanish also have issues according 5,639,500 this means that 24.4% of The agency which had predicted a
to the National Statistics Institute for those available for work are still 0.3% growth in the Spanish economy
Spain. They have said that the seeking jobs. When looking at youth this year, has now forecast that the
economy shrunk by 0.3% over the unemployment only, the rate goes up to economy will instead shrink by a
three months period January to March, 52%. further 1.5%.
this is the second consecutive quarterly Rating Agency Standard & Poor has
contraction. This may well result in lowered Spanish sovereign debt by a It is quite clear that Spain and many
increasing the cost of borrowing and further two notches to a level of BBB+ other eurozone members are going to
the need for a further bailout. and also suggested the possibility that need greater levels of financial support
Meanwhile, Spanish unemployment the banking sector will need further to keep the EU’s euro currency going.
PAGE 4 eurofacts 18TH MAY 2012Anglosphere tops world league tables
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nglish-speaking nations occupy only top ten countries which are not highest-placed German university is
the highest positions in two English-speaking (though Chile’s Heidelberg at fifty-three.
recently-published world league national hero is a chap called The top ten universities are:-
tables. O’Higgins). Ireland, at number nine, is
The first is the 2012 Index of the only EU country to figure in the top 1 Cambridge
Economic Freedom (1), published ten. 2 Harvard
annually by The Heritage Foundation, The UK comes in at fourteen (which 3 MIT
one of the USA’s most prestigious may prompt disbelief amongst many 4 Yale
think-tanks. Heritage score each citizens of that country). Germany 5 Oxford
country on ten measures: property comes in at twenty-six, between Qatar 6 Imperial
rights, freedom from corruption, fiscal (25) and Iceland (27). Spain is at thirty- 7 UCL
freedom, government spending, six. France comes in at a heroic sixty- 8 Chicago
business freedom, labour freedom, seven (behind Kazakhstan and Cape 9 Pennsylvania
monetary freedom, trade freedom, Verde), Italy at ninety-two.
10 Columbia
investment freedom and financial
freedom. They rank the top ten The other league table is QS World
A league table is only a league table
countries as follows:- University Rankings (2). QS assess
and the two considered here are only
them by reference to academic
two amongst dozens of others. But they
1 Hong Kong reputation, employer reputation,
2 Singapore faculty/student ratio, citations per do tend to suggest that as far as
3 Australia faculty, international faculty and economic and academic excellence are
4 New Zealand proportion of international students. concerned, the anglosphere is where
5 Switzerland the future is. British politicians, please
6 Canada All of the top ten are American (6) note.
7 Chile or English (4). Nineteen of the top
8 Mauritius twenty are American (13), British (5) 1) 2012 Index of Economic Freedom,
9 Ireland or Canadian (1). The only European The Heritage Foundation - Available
10 USA university in the top twenty is the from the June Press see rear page, price
Zurich-based Swiss Federal Institute £12 plus 10% P&P.
No fewer than eight of the top ten of Technology. The highest-placed
were formerly part of the British French university, the Ecole Normale 2) QS World University Rankings 2011,
Empire. Switzerland and Chile are the S u p é r i e u re , is at thirty-three. The www.qs.com
China gets further advice on its economy
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hina the world’s second-largest economic gloom and increasing helping to keep the US economy afloat
economy whose export-led unemployment. by buying up its debt.
drive has been a total success For the months of January and
and avoided the recession suffered by Despite fears that China’s economic February, China increased its holding
most other countries has now been told growth would be held back by the of US debt as its foreign reserves
again to stop doing it. Firstly as we slowdown in the USA and Europe, its continue to grow. In February,
reported in the last issue of eurofacts, economy has continued to expand. according to the US Treasury
the head of the International Monetary China’s economic growth comes department, Bejing bought $12.7
Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde told the from its manufacturing and export lead billion (£8 billion) of US bonds
China to stop this export-led financial sector, and for the fifth month in a row therefore increasing its holdings to
success story. Now it’s the US Treasury the second-largest economy has $1,178.9 billion (£742.6 billion),
Secretary, Timothy Geithner that is managed to increase its manufacturing making it the largest foreign buyer of
urging the same change saying that activity. According to Markit/CPS the US government debt.
China should focus on increasing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose
domestic consumption in order to from 53.1 in March to 53.3 in April. China without taking economic
sustain China’s economic growth. If (Levels above 50 indicate a rise in advise from the EU or the US has the
China takes lessons from the West activity). largest foreign exchange reserves in
about how to run an economy then it the world and they rose by 3.9 per cent
must also prepare the country for Luckily for the US the Chinese are in the last quarter from a year earlier.
eurofacts 18TH MAY 2012 PAGE 5LETTERS
Tel: 08456 120 175 email: eurofacts@junepress.com
Eurozone pact inevitably be one of civil and financial that way can they defend themselves.
Dear Sir, breakdown and all that goes with such SIMON DAVIES
The truly anti-democratic nature of the a crisis. London
European Union is made clear in If the UK on the other hand was
recent utterances by Chancellor Merkel outside the EU we would be able to World Bank changes
and the European Commission. avoid both civil and economic chaos Dear Sir,
Merkel repeats that the Eurozone by advancing employment and that On Monday 16th March, Dr Jim Yong
fiscal pact (which dictates non feel-good factor which ever since we Kim was elected as the new president
democratic central control of all joined the EU has been very sadly of the World Bank, he was the USA’s
Eurozone countries’ taxes and missing. preferred candidate. However, not
spending) “will last for ever” and RICHARD HARRISON everyone agreed, many thought he was
“cannot be amended”. The European Sunderland chosen for political reasons and not on
Commission said the pact was signed merit alone.
by States not by governments (the European Arrest Warrant Dr Kim, has said that capitalist
classic attitude of those who have Dear Sir, market-based growth is a priority for
contempt for voters) and claims Yet again we here of the European every single country.
that “Governments change but Arrest Warrant (EAW) being used In a recent interview with the BBC,
commitments on behalf of states inappropriately. he went on to say that market-based
cannot be changed without discussion The recent news that a British man growth is the best way to create jobs
with European partners”. has been served with an EAW from a and lift people out of poverty.
In the UK no parliament can bind its high profile case he was cleared of in a He did not however, say where the
successors. If they could no election Portuguese court in 1995, raises the market growth was going to come from
would mean anything. This elementary issue yet again. or whether the world bank would be
definition of democracy is apparently Replying to the comments by Nick helping to finance such a move.
alien to the Euro-elite - which is why Clegg MP about the EAW, Shami BRIAN FISHER
their diktats have led to financial Chakrabarti, director of the human Surrey
misery and democratic collapse and rights pressure group Liberty, said:
why they are so despised throughout “The deputy prime minister is right American’s start spending
Europe. about the importance of criminal Dear Sir,
RODNEY ATKINSON justice co-operation, but the European In the USA we are told that consumer
Northumberland Arrest Warrant provides instant spending accounts for 70 per cent of
extradition without harmonising the economic activity and therefore,
EU referendum? protections across the EU. economists keep a close eye on the
Dear Sir, “No one should be taken from their levels of consumer confidence and
I was fascinated to hear that even Lord home, family, language and legal sys- their spending patterns. A report in
Mandelson, himself a die-hard tem to face months or years awaiting March from the Consumer Department
europhile has admitted on Newsnight trial in a foreign jail without a basic has shown rises both in incomes and
8th May, that he believes that the UK case being tested in a local court. spending levels. The levels of personal
will have a referendum on EU “People are not parcels of meat to be income have increased by 0.4 per cent
membership IN or OUT within the sent off around the world. A little dis- while their spending has risen to 0.3
next 5 to 10 years. Mandelson of cretion and compassion needs to be per cent, this must be an encouraging
course will be hoping we stay IN. brought back.” sign for a consumer led recovery in the
The future for the UK US.
manufacturing and trading sectors have Surely the time to sort out this The only worry with this apparent
as always been beyond the narrow injustice has come. The UK has a well recovery, is that the reason we got into
fortress structure of the EU. tried and tested legal system and its this mess is because of consumers
As the EU market place will citizens deserve the right to be tried in spending more than they could afford.
continue to be uncompetative and their own country, by a legal system We have to avoid this ever occurring
reliant upon large financial transfers or they understand. again and make sure that credit is only
taxation to keep its failed euro project Furthermore, they need these trials available to those who can truly afford
going, the citizens will become more to be conducted in the English too pay it back!
hostile to their leaders. language so that they fully understand RACHEL SMITH-JOHNSON
The outcome for the EU will the questions and accusations, only Birmingham
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