A PLETHORA OF PRESIDENTS

So far the EU has a President of the European Parliament, a position currently held by Jerzy Buzek, who hails from the Czech Republic. Then there is the ex Maoist from Portugal, Jose Manuel Barroso, the President of the EU Commission. Along with these two dubious souls the EU also has a rotating presidency which changes from the head of each nation on a six monthly basis, soon to be held by Poland (June 2011). Last, but not least, there is none other than the damp rag himself, the EU President unelect, Herman Van Rumpoy.

Considering the EU already has this motley collection of presidents, and none of them mean much to the people of Europe, there can hardly be a need for yet another President in the European Union– even the USA, one of the most powerful countries in the world only has one President. However, not content with a plethora of four useless presidents, Tony Blair has decreed that there should be another President in the EU, but this time the EU should do something which it normally does not like doing, i.e. having a bit of democracy to elected a president.

No doubt old Tone, other than screwing up the Middle East and making a bob or two from various properties, is looking for a nice little earner and a job that helps keep his over inflated ego in the news– and being an elected EU President would do nicely, thank you.

Such is his arrogance that, no doubt, he thinks the people will be so delighted with this news he will be elected unopposed. This then is where the EU has a problem with democracy, the people don’t always do and vote as the EU wants them to. What if one or more of the presidential candidates is an opponent of the EU and wants to see it dismantled – and then gets elected on the promise that he/she will spend their EU Presidency closing the whole disastrous affair down – it could be interesting to say the least. No doubt if such a scenario took place the EU would find a way of making the people do it all over again and to ensure they get it right next time and elect the president it wants.

We will see how far Tony Blair gets with this project for a plethora of presidents, anyone for a UKIP President of the EU? What a great campaigning slogan that would be: ‘Make me redundant – vote UKIP’.