Barroso: EU Treaty 'needs to be renewed'

EU Observer ^ | 09/03/2012 @ 09:14 | Andrew Rettman

[Olog-hai]

European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso has said EU institutions need more power over member states to fight the crisis.

Speaking on Saturday (1 September) in The Hague at a meeting of constitutional court judges organized by Yale University, he called for a "European renewal" and for a further "leap" of integration.

"We are experiencing a situation in which we need greater unity and coherence between our policies, as well as greater legislative harmonization ... We need greater institutional integration. We need to consolidate a transnational order that through shared sovereignty guarantees the protection of our citizens," he said. …

[Olog-hai]

Now just imagine the POTUS calling for "greater institutional integration" and "greater legislative harmonization" among the states, at the federal level.

[DManA]

Funny how the solution to ANY problem is to give bureaucrats more power.

[Cicero]

More unelected bureaucracy from the top, less national and individual freedom.

“It doesn’t work, so let’s be true idealist idiots and try more of it.”

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Olog-hai.

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