[agere_contra]

This is what that little rat Rumpoy has to say about the democratic process in the Eurozone.

4. Strengthening democratic legitimacy and accountability

Decisions on national budgets are at the heart of Europe's parliamentary democracies. Moving towards more integrated fiscal and economic decision-making between countries will therefore require strong mechanisms for legitimate and accountable joint decisionmaking. Building public support for European-wide decisions with a far-reaching impact on the everyday lives of citizens is essential.

So many weasel words. They will end up using the 'Community Method' - which is code for 'Rumpoy and Barroso stitch everything up between them'.

[Olog-hai]

They’ve been using language like that for decades. The Treaty of Lisbon and the Charter of Fundamental Rights are worse; the latter reads like the “fundamental rights and duties of citizens” of the USSR’s constitution, i.e. in part.

[fluorescence]

Weasel words, yes, but the meaning is right there. Decisions on national budgets will become the purview of Europe's super-national institutions; national parliamentary democracies will be responsible for building public support for the decrees from Brussels.

[tbw2]

European Union, jokingly referred to as “Greater Germany and France”, becomes “Greater Germany because it controls the purse strings”.

[ctdonath2]

Building public support for European-wide decisions with a far-reaching impact on the everyday lives of citizens is essential.

Culminating in the historically popular:

"Next! Do you support this decision?"
"No."
[BANG]
"Next! Do you support this decision?"
"YES!!!"

[nobamanomore]

This would be like having $500,000 in the bank and combining your bank accounts with your three bankrupt neighbors. What could possibly go wrong?

Germany, as the only financially successful country in the whole block isn’t going to take budget orders from Spain, Greece, Italy, and France.