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A. The European Commission
Lead man : Jose Manuel Barroso

EU Commission ( Wikipedia )
The Commission is primarily based in Brussels, with the President's office and the Commission's meeting room are based on the 13th floor of the Berlaymont building.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission

Humpty Dumpty having trouble with his children
Demands European Energy ( EU gas and electric ) -- April 5, 2006
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/430&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Commission seeks to harmonize laws -- Jan. 18, 2006
The report urged European governments to keep their promise on enacting compatible criminal law procedures under a 2004 program to step up anti-terrorism cooperation across the EU.

Seven nations _ Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria, France, Germany and Spain _ took a key step in
May [2004] , agreeing to share DNA and fingerprinting evidence and allow enforcement officials to pursue criminals across borders without notification

Europol _ the EU police cooperation agency
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/16/ap/world/mainD8F5O4J80.shtml

Commission's new clout : make laws; enforce them -- Sept. 13, 2005
a "community criminal code" .... usurping national powers
A landmark ruling by the EU's highest court has boosted the European Commission's powers by giving it the right to tell member states to impose criminal sanctions for offences against EU law.
Under the European Court of Justice's ruling on Tuesday (13 September, 2005), which was specific to
environmental law, serious environment offences in the future may be deemed criminal offences.

He then added that the case raises a "point of principle" which may now "be applied in other areas of policy".
The other areas where the ruling's principle could be applied include the internal market, data protection, protection of intellectual property, counterfeiting and consumer policy.
An EU official said the decision was of "tremendous significance".
Now it [ EU Commisssion ] will be able to make laws and have the clout to see that they are enforced.

However, Conservative MEP Timothy Kirkhope was critical of the precedent the decision is setting.
"It's a significant transfer of power to the commission, sanctioned by a court which tends towards the integrationist approach", he said.
"The decision on whether or not to criminalise offences in Britain should be a matter for Britain, not for the EU. We all support penalties against environmental vandals but this sets an alarming precedent", the member added.
http://euobserver.com/?aid=19857&rk=1

Trimming the Commission down from 25 members to 12 members ( rotational) June 16, 2005
UMFA to also be Vice-President of the Commission
At the same time, this new foreign minister would be a vice president of the Commission, the EU's executive body
Reducing the size of the European Commission, which was increased to 25 commissioners when the EU expanded by 10 countries a year ago. The Commission would be slimmed down to a dozen seats, with countries filling the posts in turns for five-year terms.
Groups of countries taking the lead on certain issues under a principle known as "enhanced cooperation." Countries could get together to pursue specific projects, provided they do not exclude any other member state and do keep the Commission informed
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/16/news/europe.php

President of the European Commission .............. not the one to watch, we feel
eu commission http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2040&dekey=EuropnCmsn&gwp=8&curtab=2040_1

Long-term Commission president : Jose Manuel Barroso

Jose Manuel Barroso want a "business friendly " EU -- Jan. 27, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/26/business/barroso.html

The Commission ... serves the Union's common interests (from the Union to Council adoption)
"supranational community" ...executive arm of the EU;
The Commission creates the agenda;
Will the NEW Union Minister of Foreign Affairs devise the implementation of the agenda for the Council ( and the world ? ) to adopt. The NEW UMFA is in charge of security issues.

Verheugen appointed vice-president of European Commission --- August 13, 2004
This is not the Foreign-Minister- External Affiars, One-Voice Position
This is internal affairs. Verheugen ( German) is for corporate industry giants.
http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17074

MEPs .. 5 year term beginning Nov. 22, 2004

Nigel Farage ( Ukip UK Independence Party) : Euro Commission leaders..crooks and liars
attacking the record of France's commissioner, Jacques Barrot.

Mr Barroso, a Maoist turned Thatcherite, was forced to withdraw his team an hour before the final vote last month.

A Hungarian former communist, Laszlo Kovacs, will now run tax policy
Nigel Farage, Ukip's leader in Strasbourg, stunned the chamber by calling the new team a claque of crooks, liars, Communist lackeys and "political failures", and by his attack on the French transport minister.
But Josep Borrell, the European Parliament's new president, ordered him to retract the remarks under threat of "legal consequences

Euro MPs .... he ( Barroso ) gave them a rare chance to assert parliamentary supremacy
In fact, if not in law, MEPs now have the power to veto commission nominees of national capitals. The effect is a highly significant shift in authority from the member states to the EU's federal institutions.
The socialists are the clear winners.
This parliament has put a stop to the trend for too much power in the hands of EU governments," said Martin Schulz, leader of the 200-strong Socialist bloc.
Spanish, German and British Socialist MEPs all defied appeals to tow the national line, creating a rare sense of supra-national Socialist solidarity.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/11/19/wukip19.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/11/19/ixworld.html

Fratinni ( Freemason) to head the Commission;
not Buttiglione ( a Christian)
Mr Buttiglione's words come after he was forced to step down as European Commission nominee following his comments on gays and marriage - which caused a furore.
A committed Christian, he complained that he was subject to an "inquisition" by MEPs for his views.
"I hope his [ Franco Fratinni ] hearings go well and that nobody asks him if he is a Freemason. If they do they will only be repeating the same injustice that was done to me," Mr Buttiglione said, according to the Times.
What happened was very serious, because they told me that since I am a believer, I cannot be a European commissioner. We have to act so that a day does not come in which people will hear that they cannot be professors or school teachers because they are Catholic, [ Ed. note: specifically, a Believer in Jesus Christ ] " said Mr Buttiglione, according to AGI.

Mario Borghezio, a Northern League MEP and a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, said to the Times he hoped Signor Frattini was "independent of the occult powers which control Europe".

Freemasonry is a worldwide organisation with an estimated 5 million members - and one of the oldest secular fraternities in the world.
Freemasonry has been a highly sensitive issue particularly in Italy, where a secret and illegal right-wing Masonic lodge known as P2 — Propaganda Due — was investigated in the wake of a financial scandal in the 1970s.
http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=17731

Meeting at the Berlaymont Hi-Tech Building in Brussels, Belgium (13 stories)
http://scic.cec.eu.int/scicnews/2002/021107/news05.htm

Barrosso at Berlaymont
All the 25 commissioners will, Barroso said, take up offices together in the Brussels Berlaymont building which is set to reopen after closure in 1991 for renovation work.
http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200407/aa3af6b6-efe8-4b9b-901a-58115561e484.htm

INTERNET Regulations ( formed by EU Commission)

WiMax ( 30 miles) and EU reg. -- Nov. 12, 2006
Theoretically, WiMAX has a reach of about 50 kilometers, or 30 miles, and it is already available in selected areas in some countries, including the United States, Britain, Spain, France, Germany and South Korea. The appeal of WiMAX lies in the possibility to cover large areas with a wireless network that would be faster than Wi-Fi and would need far fewer antennas. The drawbacks are is that the networks are not yet built and that Wi-MAX achieves many of the same results as third-generation cellphone networks

In the United States, WiMAX got a boost two months ago when Sprint Nextel, a mobile phone carrier, said it would invest as much as $3 billion to construct a nationwide WiMAX network using the 2.5-gigahertz spectrum together with Intel, Motorola and Samsung. Sprint plans to begin trials next year( 2007 ) and start the service extensively in 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/09/business/wireless10.php

VISTA conforms to EU regulation -- Oct. 13, 2006
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=7337

European Commission : Data Retention Directive -- February 7, 2006
"Concerns about the privacy of personal information remain high on the agenda beyond the United States, with Europeans subject to a new law obliging companies to retain data on communications, while the more authoritarian governments in Asia regularly scrutinize their citizens.
In Europe, online privacy now hinges primarily on the Data Retention Directive passed by the European Commission late last year, said Ian Brown, a senior research manager at the Cambridge-MIT Institute.
"The directive really makes it a lot easier for governments and companies in Europe to learn about who is doing what on the Internet," Brown said. "The problem with the requirement to store online data is that it can easily be misused."
The directive calls for Internet service providers and telephone companies in all 25 members of the European Union to retain information on all communications, including the source, destination, time and duration. For mobile phones, companies must also track the location of callers when they make or receive calls
You can already see the privacy debate moving to the realm of automated massive data mining," [ Johnathan] Zittrain said. "When governments begin to suspect people because of where they were at a certain time, it can get very worrying."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/06/business/privacyside.php

EU to be embedded-chip leader ; "Artemis" --June 30, 2004
European Commission officials have tabled plans to boost the production of embedded chips in Europe, with the aim of becoming a world leader.
A public/private partnership, the European Technology Platform Advanced R&D on Intelligent Systems (Artemis) will be set up by the end of the year to oversee the initiative.
Artemis is charged with ensuring that the small chips and associated software embedded in numerous appliances such as cars and mobile phones can work with each other via industry standards

ICT = Information and Communication Technology
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1156295

More Power to the Commission --June 6, 2003
[ Note how PH and DHA speak out of both sides of their mouth. ]

After a week of battles over the draft European constitution, the outlines of a final deal were emerging last night that would create a European president, abolish the national veto in 17 fresh areas and strengthen all the major institutions of the European Union.

The EU president will be elected by prime ministers, making him accountable to London, Paris, Madrid and other capitals. His staff will be based in the Justus Lipsius building, the headquarters of the EU's Council of Ministers, not the European Commission. He will be supported by a European foreign minister

The commission, which they see as the guardian of the collective interest and their defence against a big state "stitch-up", will take over justice and home affairs [note: security ] for the first time. Qualified majority voting [QVM vs. popularity-vote, majority] will be extended into 17 new areas, including asylum [ refugees ] and immigration policy, and fighting crime. [ security forces, networking]
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/06/06/weucon06.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/06/06/ixnewstop.html

Voting
http://www.iht.com/articles/98745.html

"Council of Ministers"- Dec. 11-2002
legal power
The EU needs strengthened authority to enforce the commitments of its members. That should mean reinforcing the powers of the European Commission. Yet right now the heart of debate on reforming the Union is whether to appoint one of the EU's prime ministers as "president of Europe." That would further erode the commission's position. Ten years ago, in its heyday under Jacques Delors, the commission was widely recognized as the EU's executive body. But it has been so weakened since then that it now risks being downgraded to little more than a super-secretariat for a beefed up Council of Ministers, with member states making all the key decisions.
http://www.iht.com/articles/79805.html
http://www.iht.com/cgi-bin/generic.cgi?template=articleprint.tmplh&ArticleId=79805

B. From Parliament to "eParliament" (internet global input) -- Strasbourg , France
ep vote 2004

EuroparlTV ( Web-based ) ...... http://www.europarltv.europa.eu/ ( 23 languages ) Webcasting --Sept. 17, 2008
"Last week welcomed the diffusion of the first images from EuroparlTV, the new web-based television channel of the European parliament .
The channel is already basking in the glory of a world record; it is the first TV channel to offer its broadcasts in more than twenty languages. EuroparlTV is actually made up of four channels - http://www.europarltv.europa.eu/StartPage.aspx
1. yourParliament, aimed at anyone who wants to follow the news of policies adopted by the Assembly
2. yourVoice, which gives citizens the opportunity to air their views and the interactive possibility of introducing debates, raised by the viewers themselves; 3.youngEurope, aimed at school-age children, the future electorate, and finally
4. parliamentLive, which offers continuous coverage of the main debates of plenary sessions with, amongst other things, links to audiovisual archives of past sessions, the following month's agenda and the different commissions' activities"
http://www.cafebabel.com/eng/article/26391/mick-jagger-neelie-kroes-euweek-brussels-news.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroparlTV
Opinion of EuroparlTV :
http://www.jonworth.eu/europarltv-pumps-out-strasbourg-propaganda/

Multilingual Online TV service --Sept. 17, 2008
The "father" of the EuroparlTV project, EP Vice President for Information and Communication Policy Alejo Vidal-Quadras explains more about what some have dubbed Europe's C-Span. He says EuroparlTV will bridge the communication gap between the EU institutions and citizens.
Mr Vidal-Quadras sees most people tuning into "Your Voice", which will feature user-generated content, general interest programmes and where the public will have a say.[Ed: Interactive; Big Brother gets your feedback ]
How does Mr Vidal-Quadras react to sceptics who fear that EuroparlTV might undermine independent coverage of Parliament or operate as a propaganda tool? http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/039-37237-350-12-51-906-20080911STO36948-2008-15-12-2008/default_en.htm

Switch to meeting in Brussels -- Aug.22, 2008
" We should turn catastrophe into opportunity and meet continuously in Brussels," Chris Davies said according to the BBC,"
http://euobserver.com/9/26630/?rk=1

Hans-Gert Poettering , President of Parliament
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1193078822.25/

F. Muntefering :
"The European Parliament should have greater rights to propose EU legislation, Germany's vice-chancellor Franz Muntefering has said in proposals going beyond the EU constitution promoted by Berlin

New Parliament buildings to be named -- Jan. 16, 2008
The new buildings are to be named after Willy Brandt, the German chancellor from 1969 to 1974, and József Antal, the Hungarian prime minister from 1990 to 1993. The bridge connecting the new building to the original structure is to be known as Konrad Adenauer bridge. Konrad Adenauer was the German chancellor from 1949 to 1963.
Meanwhile, the parliament's press room is to be named after the assassinated Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya.
http://euobserver.com/9/25461/?rk=1

Merkel to achieve "soul" for EU --- January 17, 2007 -- Needs Foreign Minister
Ed: How do you have a God-less "soul " ?
God says in Ezekiel 18:4 : "All souls are mine"
"Germany wants to save as much as possible of the draft text, which was designed to accelerate policy-making and give the EU, now with 489 million people, more visibility on the world stage by creating the posts of EU president and foreign minister.
``We need a foreign minister for Europe. That's enough of a reason to adopt a constitutional treaty,'' Merkel told the European Parliament, earning a standing ovation. ``We must give a soul to Europe; we have to find Europe's soul. Any failure could be a historic failure.'' http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6351524,00.html

Poeterring : No more "God" in Constitution -- January 17, 2007
" Hans-Gert Poettering .... would no longer press for a reference to God in any revised EU constitution "
http://euobserver.com/9/23276/?rk=1
Ed: "Christian Democrat" is a name full of blasphemy. Revelation 13:1
UNgodliness is the first priority on Mr. Poettering's agenda ...who is allied with Merkel
( who has denied home-schooling in Germany for Christians).
While it is correct to separate Church and State ( State shall not deny the practice of Christianity );
it is an abomination to separate God from government ( Daniel 2 and Daniel 4:25 - 37 )
The epistle of Jude speaks of such unglodly men Jude 15.

Parliamentary President : Hans-Gert Poettering -- January 16, 2007
German Christian democrat Hans-Gert Poettering, most likely to become the new European Parliament president today
The socialists agreed to back the centre-right nominee after a 2004 deal which saw conservative MEPs support their socialist candidate Josep Borrell who has stepped down as president ahead of today's vote
As a Christian democrat ally of German chancellor Angela Merkel, the current EU president, he hopes to boost influence of the European Parliament by working through his contacts in Berlin.
http://euobserver.com/9/23264/?rk=1
Ed: personal opinion : Poettering is for a Federated EU

Poettering candidate for next Parliament presidency -- Oct. 18, 2006
expected to be German MEP Hans-Gert Poettering, a parliament veteran who been knocking around the assembly's corridors since 1979.
For their part, the Liberal group is hoping to win key concessions on parliamentary reform from Mr Poettering – something which will determine whether they run their own candidate.
But no mattter what grumblings come from cynical socialists or other quarters in the assembly, as one insider noted, Berlin is likely to be unequivocally happy with the deal - Mr Poettering comes from the same party as German chancellor Angela Merkel.
http://euobserver.com/9/22665/?rk=1

Politically correct politics; a so-called "democracy "
creation of a far right group, Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty (ITS),
"There should be no question of forming any kind of cooperation with the far right when it comes to working on legislation. A group that fundamentally objects to the values of the European Union can have no role in defining and implementing the expression of those values. So, when it comes to choosing who should govern, there should be no tolerance for the far right

"the real threat from the far right is not in the meeting rooms of the European Parliament but in the cities and towns of the European Union itself. That is where the fight back should be concentrated. A specific concrete measure that would help in that fight would be to bring the Charter of Fundamental Rights into legal force.
http://euobserver.com/9/23280/?rk=1

meets in 3 places: Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg, France
http://www.europarl.eu.int/abc/visit/visit_en.htm

- The newly enlarged European Parliament will begin its new five-year term today with a plenary session in Strasbourg.
Containing 732 MEPs from 25 member states, it is the only directly-elected body in the EU and represents around 450 million people.
http://www.euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=16949

Strasbourg's FAR RIGHT ( La Pen ) -- October 24, 2006
Reacting to the news of a possible far-right party, German conservative MEP and head of the parliament's foreign affairs committee Elmar Brok said "these people have learned nothing and only preach hate. They can't get anything off the ground together and can only agree on a negative programme
Democrats in Europe have to expose these parties and show European citizens how piteously little they achieve in answering today's questions and in solving the problems and worries of the people. They stand for Europe's bloody past," he added
http://euobserver.com/9/22706/?rk=1

MEP's call for Strasbourg Parliament seat to be scrapped -- March 18, 2004
Prefer Brussels headquarters instead ( home of NATO)
Will NATO forces enforce "human rights" ( "selective ethics" ) ???
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=14819

EU Parliament to monitor US pro-life activities ---- June 1-2003
The European Parliament has announced that it will be monitoring American pro-life groups, with EU officials charging that the American pro-life movement has become too influential in the legislative body.
Austin Ruse of the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute reports that Poul Nielson, European Commissioner for Overseas Development and Humanitarian Aid, has come out against what he describes as a "small group of extremists.”
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/6/1/161000

EU's "World Parliament"..."eParliament"...May 26, 2003
The world has some 25,000 popularly-elected politicians in democratic parliaments and they are to unite in the new network "e-parliament" in an attempt to have their voices heard when global decisions concerning trade, environment, epidemics and armed conflicts are taken.
Mr Wijkman sees the project as a first step towards something much bigger:
"If we are to have a real democratic world, then we cannot just make do with the UN. In the long term one must imagine a world parliament of a kind", he said.
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=11385

eParliament "see what the world thinks"
[ values -popularity contest ]
The e-Parliament, now being developed, will be a democratic global “think-tank,” centred on the world’s elected members of parliament and congress, which can feed into global policy-making. It will give you a window on the increasingly important interplay of world public opinion, citizen networks, religious movements and transnational corporations which often determines world events. And it will give you a way to make your point on the global stage.

The e-Parliament will have two parts:
the PARLIAMENT itself [elected representatives ], and the FORUM. [the global citizenry ]
In the PARLIAMENT, world democratic opinion is expressed, synthesised and translated into actionable proposals by the people we elect to represent our interests – our legislators. Any of the 25,000 members of democratically-elected national or regional parliaments is free to participate.

In the FORUM, information, opinion and polling data are provided by the organizations – social, economic and
religious – through which we live our lives. Every participating group, and every individual citizen has the right to make its voice heard.
http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:zj4YHX-_Ln0J:www.earthaction.org/e-parl/+eParliament&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Bangalore, India ( global silicon valley) July 29, 2004
Bangalore may be on the verge of overtaking Silicon Valley as the biggest IT employment region in the world on the back of the rise in offshore outsourcing, according to some estimates.
MS Shankaralinge Gowda, secretary of IT and biotechnology for the state government of Karnataka, said that the number of tech workers in the region will exceed 200,000 between 2004 and 2005, as IT and business process outsourcing companies continue to rapidly hire workers.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5287616.html

e-governance (global internet input ) is here
Keywords: participatory democracy; electronic interaction; e-voting, polling; active citizen participation; ICT Information Communication Technology; e-democracy; electronic media environment; world forum; electronic governance, e-Parliament; e-Parliament Council; Parliament Intergroup; World Future Coucil; respected moral figures; human rights; Global Negotiation Project (Harvard U); UN and EU Commission;Bangalore, India; Baltic e-parl for YOUTH; electronic democracy; e-commerce;cybervote;EVE (Evaluation and Validation of e-democracy);online voting;Congress Online Project (Geo. Washington U.); Congressional Management Foundation;cyberpanal; "In Service of Democracy"; IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union; planetary dialogue;peace, cooperation;databases; PARLINE (Online); PARLIT (plus literature); agenda development;assembly; accountability, transparency; virtual channel of dialogue;
total access to e-mail box.
http://www.parlanepad.org/docs/an_eparliament.doc acrobat

eParliament (Baltic) for YOUTH http://www.eparliament.net/public/about/?SID=6f1ba1475428e95604e39540581a5fb3
Poland YOUTH http://www.balticinstitute.se/youth/eparliament/

Electronic Governance ..eventually kiosks in the public squares
http://www.rediff.com/computer/aug/18vittal.htm

U.S. Congress and EU Parliament need closer ties-- May 19, 2003
NATO, and education (exchange students) need greater bridge
An investment in stronger multilateral relations between the American Congress and the European Parliament is necessary to promote increased parliamentary accountability. National parliaments face challenges to reach their publics. More direct consultation between US administrations and EU institutions can be useful to learn about mutual concerns. Much depends though on the respective leaders in office, their willingness to listen to each other, and to citizens. This is critical given the Joint Declaration's recommendation to offer American observers an appropriate place at the Convention.
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=11274

What is an "MEP" ? ....." Minister of European Parliament"

EU Parliament accepts gay marriages--Feb 13, 2003
STRASBOURG, Feb 13, 03 (LSN.ca/CWNews.com) - The European Parliament (EP) voted on Tuesday to recognize homosexual marriages, registered partnerships, and cohabitation contracts across the European Union. While the EU Council of Ministers are yet to discuss the measure, EU member states are required to consider the stance of the EP.
http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=33809

The 666 seat in Parliament
The prophetic significance of the European Union has been revealed as the saga unfolds. [See our two articles on "The Conspiracy behind the European Union".] First, the sign which it chose as its symbol was the Woman riding the Beast. This comes from a prophecy in Revelation 17. The depiction of the harlot woman was reproduced on the centenary stamp of the European Union, in a huge painting in the Parliament's new building in Brussels, and by a huge sculpture outside the new E.U. Council of Ministers Office in Brussels. The new European coinage, the Euro, bears the same insignia. The Tower of Babel has been used on the posters emanating from Europe – a truly suggestive prophetic sign.
Now, a massive Crystal Palace tower (officially called the Tower Building) houses the Fifth Parliament of Europe.
one seat remains unallocated and unoccupied. The number of that seat is 666.
http://www.ianpaisley.org/article.asp?ArtKey=666

Netherlands
There are 3 men from the Netherlands who play a prominent role in the end-times:

1. Jan Peter Balkenende rotating presidency of the EU from July 2004 to Jan 1, 2005
http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/040701104753.7kdgfm70
de Bruijn's agenda http://euobserver.com/?aid=16558&rk=1
http://www.hillandknowlton.be/dutch_presidency/dutch_presidency_2004/permrep.html

EU website June to December
in English : http://www.eu2004.nl/default.asp?CMS_ITEM=332B144477544D6DA611370AD67A9A7BX1X53580X96

www.eu2004.nl

2. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer will command NATO

3. Gijs de Vries will be the "Tom Ridge" of the EU.

de Vries ... networking -- June 10, 2004
Sitting on the same floor as the EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Mr de Vries has created a task force on terrorism which meets frequently, composed of people from different directorate generals inside the Council and which includes representatives of intelligence services and the military. [ working with de Hoop ]
But he added that a cross-border operation conducted by four EU countries on Tuesday, which led to the arrest of one of the possible masterminds behind the Madrid attack, "indicate there is a close and practical cooperation between the services concerned".
Wants European Arrest Warrant for all countries
Delays in implementation have occurred with the European Arrest warrant, which would facilitate extradition between EU states, and the UN Convention against the financing of terrorism.
This Convention would allow the EU to urge non-EU countries to strengthen their own role in preventing terrorist financing.
http://euobserver.com/?aid=16564&rk=1

Enforcing European Arrest Warrant and EuroJust -- June 8, 2004
http://euobserver.com/?aid=16533&rk=1

Benelux allows cross-border intervention -- June 10, 2004
Belgium, Netherlands ( Holland), and Luxembourg,
The treaty sets out the terms for allowing cross-border police intervention to maintain public order on the request of one of the three countries and allows police to conduct cross-border chases on land, air and sea.
It also deals with urgent cross-border police interventions to prevent an imminent threat on the territory of one of the other two states and allows for the supply of means and equipment between the Benelux countries to maintain public order and security.

The "New G 5 "
Last month [ May ] , the Benelux countries including Germany and Austria, signed an agreement on police co-operation which aims at increasing information sharing and cross-border data exchange between the five countries.

The original "G 5"
This "new G5", as Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Antonio Vitorino referred to them, follows a separate grouping of five EU countries, also known as G5, made up of the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

The Visgrad 4 : Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia
The BIG THREE : UK, France, Germany

http://euobserver.com/?aid=16579&rk=1

EU steps up anti-terrorism measures -- June 8, 2004
Sitcen to be both domestic and foreign
http://euobserver.com/?aid=16532&rk=1

de Vries wants international database for all, to fight terrorism -- May 11, 2004
Mr de Vries, along with Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Antonio Vitorino, are currently in the US for a series of meetings where the fight against terrorism tops the agenda.
High level meetings with the US secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and Richard Falkenrath, Deputy Homeland security Advisor of US President George W Bush were scheduled for Monday (10 May).
On Tuesday, Mr Vitorino and Mr de Vries will participate in the G8 Justice Ministerial session on terrorism in Washington and on Wednesday, a meeting will be held with the deputy secretary of State Richard Armitage and US Attorney General John Ashcroft.
http://euobserver.com/?aid=15586&rk=1

Netherlands + 3 want to liberalize drugs across EU -- May 10 , 2004
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=15575

American-born ( New York) Netherlander picked for anti-terrorism-- March 25, 2004
Gijs de Vries will coordinate the work of the European Union's foreign affairs and interior departments, similar to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which was created in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20040325-111622-6860r
This man will work with the VP-FM and Solana

EU needs supremo "anti-terror Czar" --March 19, 2004
Otto Schily and David Blunkett ask for Czar.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,9061,1173837,00.html
http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1433_A_1147594_1_A,00.html

"Mr. Terrorism" needed to secure the EU --March 19, 2004
With Europe under a heightened state of alert, the EU was expected to create a new "Mr Terrorism" post to coordinate security stategy in the wake of Europe's worst act of terror since the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing.
The interior ministers were also expected to agree on a "solidarity clause" pledging all-for-one support if a country is attacked, diplomats said.
http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/040319154032.gjk5iot0

Would report to Solana
The main task of an EU “anti-terror tsar” would be to improve co-ordination in anti-terrorist efforts from foreign policy to money laundering and to cross-border police cooperation.
The official would report to Javier Solana, the EU’s foreign policy and security chief.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2671882

EU plans to spend 1.3 Billion on security--Feb. 17, 2004
One main theme is the need for research to help police and military operate effectively together. The paper also calls for the research programme to develop systems and products that are useful "for the protection of member-state territory, sovereignty, domestic population and critical infrastructure against transnational threats, and work should also be targeted to help EU military missions outside the union for peace-keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter".
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=492122

The Latest News :

Mandatory ID cards too --March 19, 2004
The ministers said they would ask EU heads of government to name an "anti-terrorism czar" during their summit here next week and declare that the Europeans will "do everything within their power to combat all forms of terrorism."
The ministers also identified steps that could be taken to enhance cooperation, including a European terrorism database, mandatory national identity cards and increased security for train stations, airports and other vulnerable targets.
Those proposals will be reviewed by the EU foreign ministers who meet in Brussels on Monday and by heads of government at their two-day summit beginning Thursday. ( March 25, 26 -- 2004)

These include establishment of an EU-wide arrest warrant, a common definition of terrorism and minimum and maximum sentences for terrorists.
Eleven of the current 15 EU members have yet to implement laws enabling police to ask other EU countries to tap phones and monitor bank accounts.
"What I'm interested in is hard, practical action, like sharing of communications data which roots back the activities of terrorists, which gets into the use of mobile phones, and the Internet," Blunkett said......

It was unclear what powers the "anti-terrorism czar" would have, although officials said the main task would be to improve coordination. The official would report to Javier Solana, the EU's foreign policy and security chief.
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA1W1EN0SD.html

17 EU states come to NYC looking for an EU's "one voice"
The "like-minded" countries as they call themselves do not agree on every detail, however they are concerned about the plans to create a permanent president of the European Council (currently this position is rotated on a six-monthly basis) and the fact that the number of Commissioners with power will be reduced under the new treaty.
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=12760

The EU 19:
The meeting brought together Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Cyprus and Malta. http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=12798

A Federalized European State....... what politics is all about
a federal European state, where the political class will have escaped from accountability to the electorate and will enjoy all the benefits of office without the fear of ever losing it. When people of this sort describe the opponents of federalism as 'lunatics' and headbangers' it is because they are unable to believe that anyone would put principle before personal advantage and they find incomprehensible the notion of a politician being prepared to sacrifice power in defence of higher ideals.
the establishment of a bureaucratic state, governed by an immovable elite
http://www.bullen.demon.co.uk/ciblate.htm

Articles:
http://www.federalunion.org.uk/world/articles.shtml

Quotes from William Hague:
"I fear that the European Union is in danger; in danger of accepting without debate a political destination agreed forty years ago; in danger of proceeding with political integration not because it is right but because it is said to be inevitable; in danger of living in the past rather than facing up to the future."

"Push political integration too far and accountability and democracy become impossible to sustain."
"The nation state is not an outmoded concept, but is the best vessel for true democracy."

Updates:
http://www.bullen.demon.co.uk/ciblatej.htm and http://www.bullen.demon.co.uk/ciblatei.htm

News items:

Prodi profile at www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/italy.html
Prodi to form new Centrist party -- May 10, 2004
Actually center-left; formed after June elections
ROME, April 11, 2006 (Xinhua) -- The following is the backgrounder of the Italian center-left coalition led by former European Commission chief and ex-premier Romano Prodi:
Based on the coalition formerly known as the Olive Tree, with additional allies, the eight parties include the Democratic Left (DS), the Daisy, and the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) – the three largest groups -- plus the smaller Federation of the Greens, the Italian Communists' Party (PDCI), Italy of Values, Rose in the Fist, and the Popular-UDEUR party.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/11/content_4411684.htm
http://euobserver.com/?aid=15572&rk=1

Communists form leftist party in Rome -- May 10, 2004
The European left must come out of the strategic defensive that we always find ourselves in", said Mr [ Fausto] Bertinotto whose Rifondazione Comunista along with the German Party of Democratic Socialism and the French Communists were the main initiators of the new group.
The European Left, with its aim of strengthening the radical left in an enlarged EU, is made up of parties from Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Slovakia and Spain. [ 10 countries ]
http://euobserver.com/?aid=15571&rk=1
http://www.iht.com/articles/519066.html

Prodi and EU anti Semitism-- Jan 6, 2004
http://www.iht.com/articles/123581.htm

Prodi's 13 projects -- Nov. 8, 2003 (connectivity, Galileo, technology and lasers)
http://euobs.com/?aid=13481&rk=1

Prodi eyes Europe's Future - August 11, 2003
A unified Europe as America's partner would only increase global stability, he maintains. But Prodi worries that Americans understand neither the value of a united Europe nor the difficulty in securing that unity.
But Prodi maintains that it is in the Americans' long-term interest to have a united Europe that can share the political and economic costs of world affairs.
http://www.iht.com/articles/105869.html

It is interesting that all Euro bank notes now have Radio Frequency ID tags (RFID) in them.
http://news.com.com/2102-1019_3-1009155.html?tag=ni_print

One wonders how much longer after that will it be before we switch to electronic units
(digi-cash..a cashless society), as in the vision of Zechariah Chapter 5.

Then ..... how much longer after that before the one in charge of Security requires an embedded microchip for all buying and selling ?

More News articles:

The "single voice" for a non-democracy
Giving more power to the UN is further empowering an undemocratic international organisation, the majority of whose members are corrupt and oppressive. Neither the United Nations nor the European Union are potentially democratic. That is not how they are structured. They are not and cannot be accountable to the people directly. The UN is an intragovernmental organisation that claims a moral authority it can hardly possess if it elects Libya to chair its Human Rights Commission. The EU cannot be democratic because, as one gets tired of repeating, there is no European demos
[ ed. note: "of the people"]. Its very essence is bureaucratic and its overriding purpose is integration and centalisation......

Romano Prodi has come up with the least coherent of all statements. He, too, has called for a single European voice and opinion, which, one assumes, will disagree with the United States. He added, “If Europe fails to pull together, all our nation states will disappear from the world scene.”
[ note: That's funny, they've been around for years as independent nations]

As usual, it is not clear what he means. Surely the purpose of Europe speaking with a single voice – his favourite phrase – is to dispense with the nation states. Unless he sees the EU as a nation state. [ ed.note: federalized Superstate ]
Where does that leave the countries, who are not even asked for their opinion at today’s summit?
http://www.brugesgroup.com/mediacentre/comment.live?article=148

Editor's note: Europe will "solve" the problem of people-participation in government, by having global internet input through "eParliament". This is window-dressing, as the eParliament is subject to a bureaucratic Parliament which is subject to the bureaucracies of the Commission and Councils ...all of which are subject to the "one voice".

New EU President should be authoritative voice only---Oct 19-2002
Commission should run the EU.......[note: this is a highly conflicting report ]
The EU should have a president to represent the Union around the world and speak with more authority than the present high representative [note: Solana] , but he should not rival the president of the EU Commission, [ note: meaning: the Commission would be a higher power] according to a proposal being prepared by Swedish prime minister Göran Persson's office.
The new EU president should represent the Union to the rest of the world and leave the running of its day to day business to the president of the EU Commission.

[ Note: Conflicting statement. Actually the Commission VP - FM will have the highest authority ]
"He should be invested with more power and authority on the international scene than is the case today with EU high representative, Javier Solana, who has the unelected status of a civil servant. But it is very important that the role of the Commission is not weakened, a thing feared by the small countries.
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=8017

"To claim a global role, the EU needs its own security council"
EU SECURITY Council of 10 to advise FM along with European Commission--March 10, 2004
An EU Security Council could act as a permanent advisory body for the future EU foreign minister, helping with decisions and initiatives. It could help to build a consensus inside the EU, thus speeding up formal decision-making, which would remain the preserve of the broader EU Council of Ministers.
http://www.iht.com/articles/509475.html by Steven Everts

John Bruton, EU ambassador to US --- Jan 21, 2004
The European Union is set to appoint former Irish prime minister (Taoiseach) John Bruton as its ambassador in Washington, in a bid to raise the EU profile in the US and to cultivate better political contacts with future White House Administrations, reports the Irish Times.
http://euobs.com/?aid=14162&rk=1

Bertie Ahern ( Ireland) current president of the EU to July 2004
Meets with EU leaders in Berlin --Jan. 9, 2004
Before travelling to Berlin, Mr Ahern will also meet Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath.
"The Taoiseach's discussion will include developments in the (Middle East) region and prospects for progress in the stalled peace process", a statement from the Irish government said.
http://euobs.com/?aid=14049&rk=1

It is our belief, here at Apocalyptic Hope, that neither Berlusconi nor Prodi is the AC or the FP.
Just our opinion.

Security Issues:

EurActive : Security and Defense
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/1104502-695?1&1000=1&1011=focsede

EU to have Defense Ministry --- November 18, 2003
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9&aid=13577

EU force wants its own "Pentagon"--Dec 17, 2002
want a "defense secretary...high representative"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/12/17/weudef17.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/12/17/ixworld.html&secureRefresh=true

Crime and Security Bill -- March 19, 2004
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Politics/documents/2001/11/20/Antiterrorism_bill.pdf

EU International Security Force (Global Police) --- Oct. 3, 2003
The French plan envisions the creation of an EU special police force that could intervene in security situations in which the deployment of troops is unnecessary but the presence of standard police is insufficient, a source close to Alliot-Marie said.
the French proposal would establish a permanent corps trained for international missions, the source said.
The source added that beyond European trouble spots, such police units could eventually be deployed in Africa
a "force of transition between purely military situations and civil situations".
http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/031003154054.0xk8zt6p

NATO and security Forces..... April 28, 2003
However, some in Europe want to go further, creating a European military headquarters separate from Nato, a European army and a mutual defence clause in a proposed European Union constitution similar to Nato’s pledge that an attack on one member is an attack on all.
Others believe, and this is my notion, that we need one polar power which encompasses a strategic partnership between Europe and America.”
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=68506710&p=685x74y6

Wednesday April 16th-- EU discusses security leader
" the EU's common foreign and security policy " [ will be discussed in Athens]
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9&aid=10717

EU to have a Homeland Security too--March 1, 2003
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=9536

EU Agrees to Passing On Intelligence to FBI-- Dec 20, 2002
With the US anxious to deepen counter-terrorism cooperation with sometimes suspicious European countries, this is a highly significant move. Under the agreement, being signed in Copenhagen today, the two sides will be able to set up joint investigation teams and conduct transatlantic interrogations via videolink.

Civil liberties groups have repeatedly warned that the EU-US agreement could undermine Europe's high standards of data protection.
"The way this measure is being rushed through has provided no realistic opportunity for ... proper scrutiny," said Tony Bunyan, of the London-based monitoring group Statewatch.
"The issues at stake are too important to be left to secret decision-making removed from democratic accountability," he added.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,863381,00.html

TransAtlantic Data-Sharing-- Dec 20, 2002
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - EU justice ministers agreed on Thursday to an exchange of personal data with the United States. In a major overhaul of the 1995 Convention governing the European Police Office (Europol), there will be a huge increase in the exchange of personal data across the Atlantic.

The agreement, which will be signed by the EU and the US in Copenhagen on Friday, foresees more co-operation between the EU member states and the US in "preventing, detecting, suppressing, and investigating criminal offences within the respective jurisdiction of the Parties, in particular by facilitating the reciprocal
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=8845

Concerning Security---Stephen Haseler
In this new strategic environment, Europe needs a close European-American relationship in a Trans-Atlantic Community in which equal partners ensure good trade relations, close intelligence sharing and anti-terrorist co-operation, and, when agreed, even military interventions abroad. Quite simply, Europe does not need America - anymore than America needs Europe - for its fundamental defence and security. Indeed, because the US is pursuing a new global mission it may need Europe rather more than Europe needs the US, as Washington may want European resources to help out, and would certainly need Europe as a launching pad for global military operations.

It now seems likely that with or without Britain, a new European security system, either as a refinement of NATO or a replacement for it, will eventually come into being. And as it emerges - rather like the euro - it will face Britain with a simple choice: to enter, and to help mould and determine its development, or to stand off from it, and make its way in an uncertain world.
http://www.federalunion.org.uk/news/2003/AGM2003cfspreport.shtml

Nucleus of a European Foreign Policy --Stepen Haseler
http://www.federalunion.org.uk/news/2003/haseler140203.shtml

SECURITY DOCTRINE of the EU ( agent of the UN)
will work with UN for humanitarian nation-rebuilding; will work with US on aggressive tactics for security

Larger World Role -- June 22, 2003
These issues figure prominently in the new EU security strategy paper, entitled
A Secure Europe in a Better World,
presented to leaders by the union's foreign policy chief, the Spaniard Javier Solana.
The document also calls on member states to boost military capabilities: "The conclusion of the cold war has left the US in a dominant position," it says. It calls for efforts to make the UN more effective and advocates "pre-emptive engagement" to address security issues.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,982066,00.html

Security Doctrine
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1054966308923
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe?204&OIDN=1505764&-home=home
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1054966292730&p=1012571727088

pdf of security doctrine...human rights, EAW, proactive
http://ue.eu.int/pressData/en/reports/76255.pdf

Emergency Powers to Combat Terrorists -- June 22, 2003
"Civil Contingencies" Bill .......zeroing in on your specific locale

Stronger emergency powers under which the police could impose travel restrictions in the event of a major terrorist attack or other catastrophe, were proposed by the Government yesterday.
For the first time, it will be possible for the Government to declare a state of emergency on a regional, not just national, basis.A draft Civil Contingencies Bill includes new obligations on local authorities to draw up plans to deal with emergencies, both man-made and natural

Such incidents could include natural disaster - such as a flood - a nuclear accident, an epidemic, the effects of a major act of terrorism and any other disruption to the essentials of life.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/06/20/nemerg20.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/06/20/ixnewstop.html

mi5 -- Security Intelligence
http://www.mi5.gov.uk/

Office of Terrorism
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/terrorism/

"Special Operations 13" -- SO13
http://www.met.police.uk/terrorism/index.htm
http://www.met.police.uk/so/index.htm

EuroMed Parliament -- 120 more; majority Moslem
As well as EU countries, the summit is being attended by Israel, the Palestine National Authority, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
The euromed summit will concentrate on the strengthening of economic and financial links between the two sides as well as the fight against terrorism and illegal immigration.
http://euobs.com/?aid=13762&rk=1

WFC World Future Council .... (advises the eParliament)
ed. note on this article:infers that human nature is not bad ( no Original Sin);
and that we are all victims of malaise (without hope)
Yet we Christians know that mankind is sinful by nature -- Jeremiah 17:9 -- and that salvation through Jesus Christ is our only HOPE in this world.. Acts 4:12
http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/wfc-summary.html

WFC World Future Council--diagram
http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/wfc_diagram.jpg

Respected moral leader, Bush speaks of Pope
http://www.watch.org/showart.php3?idx=44818&rtn=/index.html&showsubj=1&mcat=1

"e-government" - June 17, 2003
The European Commission is to embark on a major new e-government programme designed to accelerate the pace of transnational e-service delivery across the EU administrations and accession states.
Inter-governmental web portals, cross-border electronic data infrastructures and further development of a pan-European interoperability framework are among the activities planned over the coming year.....
As well as projects focusing on security and authentication, funding has been allocated to research studies examining migration to open source software and seamless, multi-channelled service delivery through mobile,
kiosk and digital television technologies
http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=16751

Netherlands questions distance voting ---- June 18, 2003
Electronic-highway Platform Nederland (EPN), the Dutch foundation for promoting the proper use of information and communication technology (ICT) in society, has come out against the deployment of internet and telephone voting without proper testing—a view shared by ICT companies.
The Dutch Second Chamber is to start discussing a bill that would give the green-light for an experiment in distance voting in 2004, allowing Dutch citizens abroad to use the internet to cast their vote in the EU parliamentary elections.

The international character of such an experiment would make internet voting the target of a publicity stunt by hackers the world over, alleges EPN, in whose Expert Group, the Consumentenbond (Dutch consumer association), various municipalities and several large ICT companies are represented. The timing of such a sabotage attempt would be especially sensitive, as it would coincide with the Netherlands’ take over of the EU presidency.......

EPN prefers an open-source solution, where the source code – the version of a software program that can be read and understood by humans, and which is subsequently converted into ‘machine language’ before being deployed – can be checked by voters for possible security breaches, offering them at the same time an insight into
the online-voting process.

Internet voting has its detractors. Dutch privacy activist Maurice Wessling of Bits of Freedom claims that online voting violates voting secrecy guaranteed under the Dutch constitution. Unlike the voting booth, voting through a publicly located computer screen, for example, does not provide the same level of privacy. Furthermore, network hacking can also reveal sensitive voter information.
http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=16766

More news articles:

Berlusconi warns UK, Germany, France --Feb 18, 2004
Britain has been warned about the risk of creating a "huge mess" in Europe if it attempts to dictate EU policy with Germany and France.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi issued the warning ahead of summit talks in Berlin between Tony Blair, German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French president Jacques Chirac.
http://www.itv.com/news/1057004.html

Berlusconi meets with Gadhafi in Libya -- Feb. 10, 2004
SIRTE, Libya -- Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi held talks here Tuesday with leader Moammar Gadhafi, who has been trying to shed this country's image as a rogue state among the United States and its allies.

The Italian premier was the first Western leader to visit Libya since Gadhafi promised Dec. 19 to end development of weapons of mass destruction, a bid to have U.S. economic sanctions lifted.
Berlusconi has ties with both the United States and Libya: He is a close political ally of President Bush, while Italy ruled this North African nation from 1911-41 and is today its largest trade partner.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-libya,0,2831177.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

Quraya meets with Berlusconi over Palestinian state --Feb. 9, 2004
Quraya is due to arrive in the afternoon from Ireland, which holds the EU presidency, for his second stop of a six-country tour of Europe with the barrier dominating his agenda.

He is scheduled to have dinner with Berlusconi { Rome] after the Italian prime minister's return from holding talks in Tripoli with Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi.

Quraya's talks with Berlusconi will focus on the barrier and his call in Dublin for an urgent meeting of the international quartet sponsoring the Middle East road map for peace. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5CC05D2F-8556-4209-BFB9-30878E50D380.htm

The Termite State -- Collective vs. the individual
German chancellor Ludwig Erhard liked to call a "termite state." In a termite state, it is the collective rather than the individual which sets the agenda. Tasks that serve the aims of society's leaders are assigned to the individual in a clandestine manner that is barely perceptible to outsiders. It is a state that encourages as much collective behavior as possible but only as much freedom as necessary. We don't know what they feel, we don't know what they think and we have no way of guessing what they are planning. Indeed, this is what makes China a dark superpower.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,443306,00.html

Going beyond national constitutions
The stronger general powers of the minister - who will permanently chair the external relations council - are also the cause of further concern.

Euro Goal (Institutions of Europe)
http://home2.pi.be/p4u47404/eurogoal/aaa-main.html

Palestine seeks EU membership--Feb. 10, 2004
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9&aid=14368
also at:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1076325294433&p=1008596981749

Berlusconi wants Israel in the EU---March 21, 2003
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who takes over the EU helm from July, said the EU should enlarge to encompass even Russia and Israel so as to counterbalance the power currently enjoyed
solely by the US.
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9&aid=10654

Will the 12 stars of the EU flag stand for the WEU 10 , plus America ("diverse from the first")
and then Israel ?? Something to think about.

Who is Silvio Berlusconi ?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,12576,824146,00.html

EU : Relations with the U.S. and NATO--September 11, 2003
"whether an EU security doctrine should strive for independence from NATO, and therefore the United States, or continue the status quo.
Yesterday in Brussels, Solana told a committee of the European Parliament that a balanced partnership between the EU and the United States should be incorporated into the future European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). Solana said partnership with the United States is the preferred option for the EU.
"On the relations between the European Union and the United States, we normally solve the problems better if we are together than if we are not together," he said. "Therefore, my appeal is to try to construct and deepen the trans-Atlantic relationship in this particular time -- in which so many challenges have to be tackled."

Jan Troejborg, a member of Denmark's national parliament, says he supports the idea of a balanced trans-Atlantic partnership. But he pointed out that Europe's defense capabilities are not equal to those of the United States.......

the European Defense and Security Policy. [Mr. Solana] underlined the need for an equal footing partnership between the EU and the United States of America. But to become equal partners, Europe of course needs to develop its defense capabilities."
http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2003/09/11092003183257.asp

Salvation www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/sal.htm

Bible www.blueletterbible.org