newsitems Hollande reply to Monti criticism of Past Political deals against €urozone Rules : No to Judges !
Hollande reply to Monti criticism of Past Political deals against €urozone Rules : No to Judges !
"Socialist" opposition leader Hollande from France replied today to Italian Prime Minister, experienced twice former EU Commissioner, Professor Monti's denunciation of Past Errors of Political deals which had bypassed €urozone Rules' respect at the beginning of 2000ies, provoking the Debt problems of today, as Hollande's 2012 Election campain Director Moscovic had insinuated in earlier statements to "EuroFora", by surprisingly rejecting the very idea that Judges should control Governments' expenditure as ..Unacceptable !
- "I admit that Rules may exist and should be respected", Hollande said as if in reply to Monti's critical observations against "Political Deals" bypassing €urozone's "Stability" Pact , reported by "EuroFora", and the Facts revealed by our previous Publication showing that his Campaign Director, Moscovici, had, on the contrary, privileged "Political" priorities over €urozone's Rules, during a crucial period of "Errors of the Past" largely denounced as responsible for most Debt problems today (1998-2002 : See:http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/montismasheshollandecredibilityviamoscovicioneuro.html)
- "But only Democraticaly Elected Institutions could contribute" to that. "No Judicial interventions in the national Budgetary policies !", he rejected.
- Therefore, "I will never accept that ..... EU Court of Justice might ever judge a Sovereign State's expenses and revenues !", the French "Socialist" candidate to May 2011 Presidential Elections excluded from the outset.
- "Naturally, I'm in favor of Discipline", replied afterwards Hollande to the Question of a German Journalist who asked what would happen, then, also for EU Commission's monitoring role, since it's no more directly elected by the People, as also Judge aren't, that you do not consider as "democratically elected".. Should then be only the EU and National Parliaments able to control the States' expenditure ?, he wondered.
- "But who should check (States' expenditure) ? Certainly No Judges !", sharply reacted Hollande, (skiping, however, the obviously delicate question about the EU Commission : See supra)...
Obviously Hollande appeared to have forgotten the existence of ..Courts of Auditors, both inside all EU Member Countries, as a well as at EU level, competent, precisely, to monitor States' expenditure, and he rather didn't realize that the very idea of "State of Law" ("Etat de droit" in French), as well as of "Droit Public" (Rules of Law applied to States, according to the famous French wording), is, in fact, based on the principle that Sovereign States accept, under certain conditions on which they have agreed, for the Legality of their Decisions affecting Citizens' interests, to be controlled by independent Judges...
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For the rest, Hollande's Economic Proposals apparently repeated the same measures on which many debates and controversies exist since last year : EuroBonds and ECB's interventions mainly, to which was, curiously, added EU's Budget itself, despite the well known opposition of at least the British, German, Dutch, and other EU Governments who have officially asked since 2010 for a "freeze"', agreed even by France, etc. At the last minute, speaking by the way, he added also the particular kind of "AAA Bonds" i.e. issued by only those €urozone Countries who still have a triple "A" rating, (thus practically cutting the EU in 3 parts : Non €urozone EU Countries, €urozone Countries without an "AAA" rating, and "AAA" rated Eurozone countries), reiterating his agreement with those who prefer a "Multi-Speed" Europe with an "Avant-Guard", while also pleading, however, for an EU project based not only on Growth, but also on more "Cohesion"..
Indirectly but surely, the "Socialist" candidate paid, however, hommage to French President Sarkozy's work, together with German Chancellor Merkel and several other EU leaders, by simply observing the fact that, just a few years ago, nobody could imagine f.ex. the creation of a European Stability Fund, and other €urozone Economic Governance tools recently created.
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Apparently more careful, the experienced long-time German Socialist MEP Martin Schultz, now President of the Socialist Group in EU Parliament, simply limited himself into criticizing what he claimed to be an "unbalanced Ideology of Budgetary austerity, which doesn't take enough into account the grave risks of lack of Growth", (attributed to the current large Majority of ChristianDemocrats/EPP and Conservatives Heads of State/Government throughout the EU), without ever going beyond that point, and keeping mum during all the rest of the Press Conference's time, (at some moments giving even the impression that he was in deep, perhaps conflicting thoughts)..
(NDLR : "DraftNews", as already sent earlier to "EuroFora"s Subscribers/Donors. A more accurate and complete Final Version may be published asap).
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Sarkozy and Merkel want deals with Obama on European Security at Strasbourg's NATO 2009 Summit
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In parallel but concording moves, EU Chair, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angie Merkel both invited this week US-President elect, Barack Obama, to discuss important deals breaking new ground on European Security during the NATO's 60 Years Anniversary Summit of Heads of State in Strasbourg, where Obama is expected to make his 1st visit to Europe as a President on April 2009.
Merkel focused mainly on smoother NATO - EU Defence and Security policy cooperation, while Sarkozy spoke about PanEuropean Security, associating both Russia and the USA, proposing to freeze missile and shields' deployement until an agreement is reached.
But both tackled some hard nuts to crack : Turkey's VETO against the participation of EU Member Cyprus to EU-NATO cooperation, and Russia's anouncement on deployment of missiles up to Kaliningrad, at EU's belly, in reply to USA's wish to set up missile shields in EU States such as Poland or Czech Republic, etc.
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- "Certainly...one of the points that we'll dicuss with the New US President", Barak OBAMA, "who will come f'or the 1st time in Europe as president, at the NATO Summit", co-hosted by France and Germany in Strasbourg, ""concerns, above all, the European Security and Defence Policy" (ESDP), and "the relations between NATO and its partners", with whom it should "work together", anounced earlier this week Merkel.
We must find "a reasonable and adequate concept to articulate NATO and European Security and Defense policy", because of a "series of practical issues, sometimes difficult to understand", but that "we must discuss".
- "An example" of that is "the issue of Cyprus and Turkey", said Merkel, where Ankara raises problems "from Kosovo up to Afghanistan", as also CoE's chair, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt recently observed in Strasbourg replying to EuroFora's questions.
- "We must do something to smoothen this problem for good, and not only on a case-by-case basis, laboriously negotiated each time". Here, we must find "a reasonable and adequate concept to articulate NATO and European Security and Defense policy", Merkel stressed.
- "With good will from all sides, it could and should be posible. Germany wants also to help on that". Otherwise, "the coming generations will not understand why it took Decades to do so". But, if we "don't even achieve that for Decades, this would be an Historic Failure !", the German Chancellor warned
- "I think that our American partners are increasingly realizing that", Merkel said, pleading for "a stronger European Security and Defence policy, with which, I believe, the Atlantic Security Partnership can also strengthen and solidify".
Meanwhile, USA is also due to take in 2009 a special status inside EU-led EUROCORPS, the European Army HeadQuarters, based in Strasbourg.
Merkel said that after meeting in Berlin with NATO's Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, earlier this week, precisely in order to "prepare NATO's Summit", scheduled for the beginning of April 2009 in Strasbourg.
Scheffe, knows well Strasbourg, since he chaired the CoE, as Holland's Foreign Minister, when he brokered a controversial deal precisely on Turkey and Cyprus about the implementation of ECHR judgements on Greek Cypriot displaced persons' houses and properties in 2003. He returned later at least once, for a WEO meeting at the CoE, where he precisely had highlighted such EU - NATO issues.
EU Commission's 2008 Report on Turkey has just observed that, on European Defense - Security policy, "Turkey continues to object to EU-NATO Cooperation which would involve all EU Member States". "This created Problems for EU-NATO co-operation in the context of Civilian ESDP missions, in particular in Kosovo and Afghanistan".
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French EU Chair, President Sarkozy and Merkel are visiting Washington on Friday and Saturday for a Global G-20 Summit with current US President George Bush, on the sidelines of which are expected preparatory contacts with US President-elect Obama's entourage, even if himself might stay in Chicago until he takes over on January 21.
Before going to Washington, Sarkozy concluded today an UE - Russia Summit with Dmitry Medvedev, where they "spoke in length on PanEuropean Security" :
- As EU President, I proposed that we meet on mid-2009 in a framework such as OSCE's in order to set the foundations of a Future Pan-European Security, which would associate Russia and USA, and that, meanwhile, nobody speaks about deploying missiles or shields, which complicate the situation".
- NATO's Summit in Strasbourg-Kehl, on April 2009 is a perfect occasion to discuss with our American friends and to prepare a possible OSCE Summit for these issues f.ex. for June or July", Sarkozy concluded.
- We must all abstain from Unilateral measures" dangerous for Europe's security. "Russia only reacted to decisions taken by some other countries. But if they are ready to cooperate, we are ready to discuss. EU could be an intermediary", added Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, before going himself too at the Washington G-20 Economic Summit.