European Parliament Fines Members for Opposing EU Treaty
n theory the European Parliament ought to be the most open and democratic of the EU institutions: it is, after all, composed of those who, unlike any other EU creature, have sought and won election via the ballot box. The Bovine & Ovine (European Branch) have, however, a refined Brownshirt flavour about them.
There will be those who cry out in faux shock at the comparison between Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and those nasty thugs who used to mete out physical beatings to those who opposed the Nazis at rallies, meetings or even in the street. To them and indeed to all I commend Daniel Hannan’s post on how some of those democratically elected personages have singled out fellow MEPs who took part in a demonstration recently against the Treaty of Lisbon within the curtilage of the EU Parliament for punishment.
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