EU to BAN political parties they don't like!

yes, following on from the amazing EU bank directive that people in Cyprus will pay a percentage of their net worth whether they want to or not (here: www.abovetopsecret.com...) comes a slightly more hidden agenda...

...the left wing are trying to push through a bill where they can BAN political parties they don't like (i.e. nationalist parties) from being able to even stand for European elections.

Yes, you heard that right - never mind letting the people decide, they're going to decide for you who you can and can't vote for - now there's democracy for you.

I guess they're worried that as times get harder more and more people will want the affairs of their own countries run by their own people, not little Hitlers in Brussels.

Link: www.bnp.org.uk...

NOTE 1: Yes that is the BNP website, and while you might not agree with them or their views it cannot be allowed that politicians from party A & party B are allowed to vote that party C cannot even be take part in the elections - otherwise it's a dictatorship, not a democracy. "I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to my death your right to say it".

NOTE 2: I have had to link to the BNP website, since unsurprisingly it isn't as far as I can see being reported in the mainstream media.

The EU really is the most odius, un-democratic, Stalinesque organsiation that Europe has ever been subjected to.

Most people don't like the majority of Political parties. Does that mea we can ban them all and start from scratch?

Originally posted by Power_Semi

The EU really is the most odius, un-democratic, Stalinesque organsiation that Europe has ever been subjected to.

Not only that, so much money is missing that auditors have refused to sign off the EU accounts for the last 18 years!

Europ ean Union... ...auditors refuse to sign off accounts for 18th year in a row

The EU has turned into one big gravy train for EU bureaucrats.

Originally posted by DarknStormy
Most people don't like the majority of Political parties. Does that mea we can ban them all and start from scratch?

No, it doesn't matter who YOU don't like, it's only who the politicians don't like who'll be banned.

Originally posted by ollncasino

Originally posted by Power_Semi

The EU really is the most odius, un-democratic, Stalinesque organsiation that Europe has ever been subjected to.

Not only that, it is deeply corrupt. Auditors have refused to sign off the EU accounts for the last dozen years because so much money is missing!

I believe I'm right in saying that NO accounts from the EU have EVER been signed off right from year 1.

Originally posted by Power_Semi
The EU really is the most odius, un-democratic, Stalinesque organsiation that Europe has ever been subjected to.

Um.... I think there's a lot of East Germans that would disagree with you there

If they're just banning the more extreme nationalistic parties like the BNP I don't think its that much of a loss really - these parties don't have anything approaching policies and their leaders are so incompetent and unlikable that they make the mainstream look good by comparison.
It's more of a republic than a democracy afterall.

How surprising coming from the left.. everybody is allowed an opinion, as long as they agree with us.

Originally posted by MaxSteiner

If they're just banning the more extreme nationalistic parties like the BNP I don't think its that much of a loss really - these parties don't have anything approaching policies and their leaders are so incompetent and unlikable that they make the mainstream look good by comparison.

If the EU voted itself out of existence it wouldn't be much of a loss.

EU bureaucrats are so undemocratic, incompetent and grey and lifeless that they make extreme nationalists like the BNP look dynamic and democratic in comparison.

Originally posted by TheLaughingGod
How surprising coming from the left.. everybody is allowed an opinion, as long as they agree with us.

Ain't that the truth.

Originally posted by MaxSteiner

Originally posted by Power_Semi
The EU really is the most odius, un-democratic, Stalinesque organsiation that Europe has ever been subjected to.

Um.... I think there's a lot of East Germans that would disagree with you there

If they're just banning the more extreme nationalistic parties like the BNP I don't think its that much of a loss really - these parties don't have anything approaching policies and their leaders are so incompetent and unlikable that they make the mainstream look good by comparison.
It's more of a republic than a democracy afterall.

This is a very dangerous view - today you don't care because it's a party you don't much care for, tomorrow you do care because they come for you - you know the saying I'm refering to.

Just because a political party and their views don't resonate for you doesn't mean they don't speak for a very great number of people, and even if they only speak for 1 person they should have the same right as everyone else to stand for election.

The minute you stand by and allow politicians to make this kind of decision, it's only a small stepping stone to say the Labour party if they're in power declaring the Tories racist because they want to talk about immigration, and hence they're Nazis, and hence right wing, and therefore they too are banned.

You cannot allow insane people to make insane decisions like this where you could well end up with the only voice being their voice.

Originally posted by Power_Semi

Originally posted by DarknStormy
Most people don't like the majority of Political parties. Does that mea we can ban them all and start from scratch?

No, it doesn't matter who YOU don't like, it's only who the politicians don't like who'll be banned.

edit on 18-3-2013 by Power_Semi because: (no reason given)

European Union is becoming a Soviet Union.

This is no suprise,a month or so ago the socialist parties were all whinging that the parties they deem extremist should get no euro funding.Looks they are trying to go a step further.
Labour are all for this of course.Another reason that no sane person should ever vote for them.
Just more proof that liberals are the extremists.

As a leftie this alarms me. As much as the BNP are a ridiculous, obnoxious, xenophobic party of clowns who probably have trouble trying their shoe-laces together, they should still be able to partake in democracy.

If idiots want to vote for them, let them vote for them. It's scary territory when parties get ousted, left or right.

Originally posted by glen200376
Just more proof that liberals are the extremists.

edit on 18/3/2013 by glen200376 because: (no reason given)

Churchill said "the next Fascists will call themselves the anti-Fascists"

Looks like he was right again!

Although it should come as NO surprise that this thread will become infested with foaming-mouthed rightwingers with no sense of perspective.

No doubt my leftie views of equality, including stupid parties like the BNP will be ignored, so thick-skulled idiots can spout their leftie hatred.

This is verging on FASCISM. Authoritarian nationalism, a side closer to the right than the left. However it's ironic that me, a leftie are defending the obnoxious BNP (a notoriously, racist, right wing, fascist bunch of bastards).

However most right wingers can't see further than their own idiotic views.

I'm a LEFTIE and I'm demanding equality, even for clown parties like the BNP.

I hope i got through to some of you at least.

reply to post by mr-lizard


Oh the irony.
Keep getting that passive agressive hate in there while showing your 'support'

The EU leaders are either totally guano loco-or they have a nasty agenda.
The shock doctrine comes to mind...
If they ban far right/left partys they drive them underground and lose the ability to win debates against them in a democratic forum.
It also makes the banned parties think about resorting to terrorism-the EU leaders must know that,right?
They read history,yes?
I wonder.
This and the Cypres affair combine to look alot like the EU leaders know their project is on the verge of falling apart IMO.
They are starting to make what seem to look like more desperate moves IMO.

Am I way off?

There's no such thing as the left any more, only in the minds of the voters.

It traditionally means the Labour Party, set up to represent the working man.

So how do you reconcile that notion as being still valid today when Tont Blair has amassed a personal fortune reputed to be £70 million since being Prime Minister?

There is no left and right any more, just different coloured buckets and it's the same shower of #e in all of 'em.

Originally posted by Silcone Synapse
The EU leaders are either totally guano loco-or they have a nasty agenda.
The shock doctrine comes to mind...
If they ban far right/left partys they drive them underground and lose the ability to win debates against them in a democratic forum.
It also makes the banned parties think about resorting to terrorism-the EU leaders must know that,right?
They read history,yes?
I wonder.
This and the Cypres affair combine to look alot like the EU leaders know their project is on the verge of falling apart IMO.
They are starting to make what seem to look like more desperate moves IMO.

Am I way off?

You might be right, they are trying to kill off any opposition to their power base to make sure they keep hold of the reigns.

Has anyone been able to find any corroborative evidence that the amendments referred to by the BNP have indeed been tabled, are likely to be considered, and will have the consequences that the BNP imply?

What someone says in an open discussion is of course totally irrelevant. It's the actual proposal and formal amendments thereto that we need - and the BNP, oddly, provide no links. Wonder why?

Some background on the proposal being discussed by the rich gravy-trainers in Brussels:

Commission proposes legal status for EU-level political parties

I'm not convinced the BNP are being entirely honest and open here. Wonder why?