EU warns Britain that its fundamental values ‘not for sale’

Associated Press ^ | Jun 25, 2015 2:39 PM EDT

[Olog-hai]

The European Union’s president is warning Britain that he’s open to suggestions on how the bloc must change, but that “the fundamental values of the European Union are not for sale and so are non-negotiable.” […]

British Prime Minister David Cameron said he’ll use the two-day event to explain to other heads of state and government that the 28-nation EU must reform or risk losing the backing of a majority of British voters. …

[Olog-hai]

The EU’s so-called “fundamental values” are derived from the UN and its charter, which in turn was derived from the 1936 USSR Constitution. Anyone who defends them loses credibility at the very least and is defending tyranny at worst.

[DoughtyOne]

What fundamental values?

ROTF LMAO

Yeah Britain, you scoundrels! Take that!

The E.U. is one step below the U.N. in the category of terrible governance.

This is like Jimmy Carter lecturing someone on foreign policy.

[Da Coyote]

Liberal values are ALWAYS for sale.

They call it “evolving”.

[gorush]

Not for sale, indeed. They were given away free long ago.

[GeronL]

The EU is an artificial entity by any stretch of the imagination. Britain has been around for a good long while.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Well said.

[Natufian]

Don’t be too hopeful. The last poll I saw said 66% were in favor of staying in the EU, and that’s before the big corporate money swings into action during the referendum campaign.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Timocrat]

“fundamental values”

No such animal. Britain stood alone in 1940 when the Nazi's were starting their Great European Project, time to tell them again to p*ss off.

[wtd]

Every European nation should turn that quote back on the EU

• ..."EU warns Britain that its fundamental values 'not for sale'"

  in a sane world would read

• ..."[insert name of EU nation...i.e. Britain] warns EU that its fundamental values are 'not for sale'"

[onedoug]

European “values”? What a sick joke.

[I am Richard Brandon]

"What fundamental values?"

Straight, as in non-bent, bananas. Food sold by the kilo instead of pounds, inability to fish round you own coast (fishing rights are given to landlocked European countries), lots and lots of immigrants, criminals who cannot be sent home, and above all - European laws dreamed up by bureaucrats (see 'Human Rights').

[DoughtyOne]

I am in agreement with that.

[MasterGunner01]

Awfully sorry EU President Donald Tusk, the fundamental EU values are those of tyranny and not of free men. It is understandable you’d find opposition comments offensive.