A Brexit Victory
June 24, 2016
BREXIT HAS WON, and David Cameron has announced his resignation. Good riddance. The British people have had a say, contrary to my pessimistic forecast, with 52 percent of those participating in the referendum voting to leave the European Union.
This will almost certainly trigger similar referenda in other European countries, and Marine Le Pen in France is already calling for one. Expect Italexit and Portexit too.
The southern tier of Europe, especially Greece, has suffered terribly under the heel of the EU tyranny. Italy, Spain and Portugal have been treated like the step-children of an overbearing EU dictatorship. The bullies in Brussels have bribed and blackmailed, bullied and browbeat those vulnerable countries into obsequious submission. Time and again, the autocratic agents of the NWO have foisted economic regimens and financial regimes on nations which did not want them and could not afford them. The realities of such disaster capitalism were always the same – extreme financial hardship and economic contraction.
The Europe Summer is here and the people will be heard like never before. Whereas Greece is the real Achilles’ heel, Italy has the size and heft to take down the whole European Union project, once and for all. The Italians, in particular, have the will to do just that. Spain, too, has the wherewithal and motivation to support Italy in its quest to reclaim its national sovereignty. Likewise, there are those Central and Eastern European countries that are also aching to take back their power, especially to maintain their territorial integrity which has been seriously compromised. (State of the Nation)
Is this a new day for Britain? Mike King writes:
It’s complicated!
Different players have different motives for wanting to weaken the European Union. Pro-Brexit libtards want London to be even more communist than Brussels. Pro-Brexit neo-cons work for Bibi Satanyahu. Pro-Brexit patriots just want their country back.
Here are some reactions from world leaders:
EUROPEAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT DONALD TUSK
“We are determined to keep our unity as 27 … I will propose that we start a period of wider reflection on the future of our union.”
GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER:
“The news from Britain is really sobering. It looks like a sad day for Europe and Britain.”
FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER JEAN-MARC AYRAULT
… said he was “sad for the United Kingdom”.
“Europe will continue but it must react and rediscover the confidence of its peoples. It’s urgent.”
GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER WOLFGANG SCHAEUBLE
“I had hoped for a different result. Now we must look forward and deal with this situation …
“The EU process for an exit from the European Union is clearly defined and will be applied. Europe will stand together now.”
NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER ERNA SOLBERG
… called the vote a “signal from both the British voters and many other voters around Europe who feel that the EU is not providing good enough answers to today’s challenges”.
HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN:
“Brussels must hear the voice of the people, this is the biggest lesson from this decision …
“Europe is strong only if it can give answers to major issues such as immigration that would strengthen Europe itself and not weaken it. The EU has failed to give these answers.”
POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER WITOLD WASZCZYKOWSKI:
“This is bad news for Europe, for Poland … We will be trying to use this situation to make the European politicians aware why this happened. And it happened because this concept, which was created some time ago, is no longer popular in Europe.”
SWEDISH EU MINISTER ANN LINDE
“We must show people why we believe the EU is important, why we need to remain. We have to look at the things that matter in people’s everyday lives, perhaps where there have been ambiguities, where there’s been arrogance and where people have felt it’s been an elite project … It is a very serious situation for Great Britain, but also for the EU.”
MARINE LE PEN, HEAD OF FRENCH FAR-RIGHT NATIONAL FRONT PARTY
“Victory for freedom! We now need to hold the same referendum in France and in (other) EU countries.”
FIRST MINISTER OF SCOTLAND NICOLA STURGEON
“Scotland has delivered a strong, unequivocal vote to remain in the EU, and I welcome that endorsement of our European status.”
MANFRED WEBER, WHO REPRESENTS GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL’S POLITICAL GROUP IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
“(The decision) … causes major damage to both sides, but in first line to the UK … There cannot be any special treatment for the United Kingdom … ‘Leave’ means ‘leave’. The times of cherry-picking are over.”
GIANNI PITTELLA, LEADER OF THE SOCIALISTS AND DEMOCRATS IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
“It is sad but it is not the funeral of the European Union.”