Von der Leyen and Draghi Plot More Centralization to “Save” Europe | Metals Mine

  • Von der Leyen and Draghi Plot More Centralization to “Save” Europe

    From armstrongeconomics.com

    European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with Mario Draghi in Brussels to discuss the EU’s competitiveness agenda and the implementation of Draghi’s 2024 report at Draghi’s request. Whenever these two gather behind closed doors to discuss “competitiveness,” the European taxpayer should grab his wallet because Brussels has never encountered a problem it did not believe could be solved with more centralized power, more borrowing, and more government spending. The Commission claims that it is making “excellent progress” on trade diversification, regulatory simplification, and a new roadmap ... (full story)

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Vancarbon
2 hr 36 min ago
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Bureaucrats doing what they do best .

Centralism ; the way to steal individual countries identity and power grab .

As a Brit I’m so glad we’re out of the EU bureaucrats control , yet still on the periphery of Europe .
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TheDazman
1 hr 35 min ago
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You're not out of their control. You cannot ever leave the EU acquis, especially bordering the EU. They're a regulatory superpower - all sorts of unrelated multinationals follow their rules to reduce the cost of compliance as they tend to have the highest standards which ends up setting standards. There was a good paper on exactly this topic from the EPRS.

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegDa...)577971_EN.pdf

Just google Article 50 EPRS and you'll see the link.
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TableTop
3 min ago
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I get the sentiment, but in a world where the US has become unreliable, further centralisation is almost inevitable.

If we could ignore the centuries of pressure and infighting that make dinner time at a Serengeti waterhole look tame, the most sensible course of action for the larger EU economies is to form a superstate.
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QTraders
2 hr 3 min ago
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It's time she had her financial accounts dissected, she is as corrupt as hell.

Pfizergate (2021): Von der Leyen previously faced major backlash for refusing to disclose private text message exchanges she had with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla regarding the procurement of billions of COVID-19 vaccines. Following an investigative challenge, the European Court of Justice later criticized the Commission for its lack of transparency and failure to adequately prove whether or not those texts had been destroyed
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Trader#37CC
1 hr 53 min ago
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CanIMakeCash
2 hr 32 min ago
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This Von der "LYING" has turned out to be that dictator lady with megalomaniac tendencies. The last move to approve the chat control against the EU Parliament was a cunning move and eligible to be a demonstration of dictatorship regime. How long are we going to stand for this crook at the EU helm??
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The Doji
2 hr 30 min ago
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More centralised power is basically dressed up sociialism. Taking control from member states and having an unelected Commision running the show is essentially just another step towards the EU Republic; they basically admit this with the "One Europe" proposal.
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Trader#2AE4
2 hr 55 min ago
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No innovative
No manufacturing
No defense abilities

It's almost like EU is a lazy welfare state that relies solely on other countries for their gibs me dats
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Fractality
2 hr 36 min ago
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its the bureaucracy and the german arrogance that prevents the EU from going forward
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testingStuff
3 hr ago
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nobody voted for her
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Fractality
2 hr 39 min ago
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You mean, more control.
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Allistairale
3 hr ago
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No impact?
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Trader#E6DD
2 hr 20 min ago
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It sounds like the European Union should be using tariffs to protect what industries they have left. BYD is already the new Volkswagen. Wake up, guys.
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