MR PRESIDENT

In the once democratic British Parliament, which was a democratic institution, until the day the UK joined the Common Market and granted this new unelected authority the power to override British law in the 1972 European Communities Act, we have a Speaker who presides over the Parliamentary debates. However, in the not really democratic EU version, the European Parliament, the roll of Mr Speaker is taken by the President of the Parliament who oversees the speaking time slots - they can't be called debates as each speaker has an allotted and limited speaking time.

The current and outgoing President is Jerzy Buzek, who is Polish, his replacement looks set to be the EU fanatical Socialist, Martin Schulz. He has contempt for democratic referendums and nation states. Although he makes many statements which oppose and undermine democracy yet he calls himself a democrat. He also has an unfortunate habit of inferring that anyone who opposes the EU is a Fascist, whilst at the same time gets very upset when he is called a Fascist due to his intolerance of the opinions of others.

UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, has said of him: "Martin Schulz started forming his cabinet six months ago. This shows the whole European Parliament election as the farce it is. It's a done deal, an agreed stitch-up already.

Only the European Parliament or a third world country would have someone of Martin Schulz's temperament or calibre as President.

I expect UKIP members to make political capital out of the snarling angry manner of Herr Schulz if he is elected President of the EP."

Below is a list of the rants of Martin Schultz who looks certain to be the Mr President of the European Parliament. If this is the sort of man the EU chooses then we should all live in fear of our freedoms and democracies.

Contempt for the Nation State

"My position is that I am a completely convinced European, in favour of European integration. We cannot continue to cling to the idea of the Nation State. We must develop a transnational level to be able to face the challenges of the 21st. century.
We need to add to what the Nation States do. There are challenges which the Nation States cannot meet............we have to stand together as a United Continent. The Nation State has reached its limit....the Nation State economy reached its limit thirty years ago. We must have strong institutions to protect our future..................


"If you look at the economic relationship and the political relationship between the EU and China, you can see clearly that only as a common Europe and only by surrendering a certain amount of Sovereignty to the European level can we stand and face countries such as China."

Admits he is difficult to live with

"I am difficult to live with. You must assume I will not be an easy partner. I will fight for my convictions wherever I am working. "

- and will not change, even as EP President

"I am as I am - you may rely on it - I will not change.

I have contempt for people who change identity and behaviour according to the position they occupy."

Will run EP with same rigidity as he runs Socialist Group.

"You must assume that I will, would run the European Parliament with the same rigidity that I run my political group."

No opposed to unfair over runs in EP speaking time.

Challenged about speaking time and the suggestion that the Left gets an easier run than the Right if a speaker overuns:

"I do not agree the Left gets more - I would be happy! - we are the majority though so you would understand that I won't be against the President being more generous with a larger group. The same would apply to the EPP."
(Alll spoken to Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group in European Parliament, Strasbourg 12th December 2011. Recorded.)

Calls Dutch MEP who asked Barroso to publish his expenses "fascist"

Schulz called Dutch MEP, Daniël van der Stoep, a 'fascist' for asking Barroso to publish details of his expenses accounts in 2010 . There was once a video on YouTube but is has since been removed. It's a shame, because it would make Martin Schulz's denial a lot less believable.

Could only find reference to incident http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HocWojKGS7A 24th Nov 2010
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/wilders-party-attacking-euro-parliament-within

During a plenary session in Strasbourg on 9 March, Mr Schulz clashed bitterly with Freedom party MEP Daniël van der Stoep over European Commission President José Manuel Barroso’s expenses claims. “700,000 euros a year in expenses, that’s nearly 2000 euros a day,” Mr Van der Stoep calculated for his audience of MEPs.
Fascist
“Fascist,” came the furious response from Mr Schulz, directed at the Freedom Party MEPs. “Schulz has his eyes on better jobs in the future, so he’s standing up for Barroso,” says Mr Van der Stoep, “but it’s completely ridiculous to call me a fascist. And in a discussion about expenses claims too.”

Mr Schulz was quick to defend himself. “I didn’t call Van der Stoep a fascist, but the British politician who supported him. He called me ‘Führer’, and it was only then I called him a fascist.”

Schulz was called an "undemocractic fascist" by Godfrey Bloom MEP

Martin Schulz shot to fame in Britain last year when UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom repeated a Nazi slogan at him, and then accused him of acting like a 'undemocratic fascist.' Bloom was then escorted from the chamber and evicted by a parliamentary vote.
( EP 24th November 2010).

On Democracy.

Likings those who call for referendums on Lisbon Treaty to Hitler

"During the the time of the Weimar Republic there was a strategy which is to shout against your political opponents. And it was Adolf Hitler who did that as well, and that is the way I felt today actually." (EP 12th December 2007)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_27959&v=QVeMBNB0cII&feature=iv&src_vid=m3Oy-ftFO5I (at 2.35)

Calls on opponents to resign

On Nigel Farage's Van Rompuy Remarks http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=10011
Socialist leader Martin Schulz said
"I am very disappointed with you Mr Buzek. I expected you as president to call this person to order. It is not right that this man should be able to trample over the dignity of this House."
.....and Joseph Daul, (EPP President) it is not just a case of allowing the UK to leave the EU"it would be better for Mr Farage to resign if the European EU and the European Union are such bad things in his eyes. " (After Nigel Farage's speech to European Council President Hermann Van Rompuy).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViPm0GUxw-M&feature=related 3 min
Farage response: You may not like what I say, but just consider your behaviour - You after the Irish people in a referendum voted 'No' said that our Group had opened, by supporting the 'no' vote, that we opened the door to fascism. You said that we had behaved as a group in the Parliament like Hitler and the Nazis in the Reichstag. We have been called by Danny Cohn Bendit "mentally weak". It can't be one way.
EP 24th February 2010

Schulz was called a Kapo, (SS Corp Prison Camp officer ) by Italian Prime Minister Berlesconi in July 2004 after he made insulting personal remarks to the Italian Primeminister (on political immunity) who refused to withdraw his remarks unless he received an apology from Martin Schulz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ib6mr_opng&feature=related
Berlesconi said: "Mr Schulz, I know that in Italy, there is a producer who is making a film about Nazi concentration camps, I will suggest you for role of Kapo. "
Berlesconi called the EP for its treatment of him as President of the European Council as "tourists of Democracy".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMxPvcMIhg0&feature=related (at 5.30 min)

Contempt for NO vote in Irish Lisbon referendum
Following Ireland’s referendum rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, Martin Schulz, German leader of the Socialists in the European Parliament, expressed his dismay.
‘We must recognise that there was once a time when the pro-European movement had a heart and soul … this was after the war, when Europe’s peacemaking mystique melded people together. Now, it is the anti-Europe movement which has the heart and soul’, he said in Strasbourg on 18 June 2008.

‘You can see that they are extremely active. They raced round Ireland, climbed staircases, rang doorbells, canvassed and distributed their campaign materials. They were in evidence everywhere’, he said.
This situation, the German warned darkly, could lead to the rise of fascism. ‘Where is the passion that we once had? The passion has migrated to the other side, the side which speaks ill of Europe, on the right wing of the political spectrum. It lies with those who speak ill of Europe, and who do so simply because they are afraid.
In Europe, however, this mixture of social decline and fear has always opened the door to fascism’ EP 18th June 2008
Referendums not a good idea.

Martin Schulz, PSE: “...But allow me if you will to say something about democracy. Farage belongs to a group that’s always going on about legitimacy via referendum, but he ignores the fact some countries have no tradition of such a vote where international treaties are concerned, and he maintains parliamentary ratification is less valid than a referendum. I don’t think that’s acceptable. There’s a nation that’s outside the EU, has no tradition of referendums, but is nonetheless very democratic. It’s called America.

Germany has no tradition of holding referendums, and I’ll tell you why. In Germany I have always been against them. Imagine if enlargement had been subject to… maybe you should listen first and laugh afterwards. Imagine if Germany had held referendums on Polish, Czech or other new memberships. I don’t think it would have been a good idea if Germany had held European enlargement hostage to referendums. The ratification in both houses of the German parliament was absolutely democratic. My last comment Mr. Farage is there were four referendums on the Constitution. one in the Netherlands, lost, one in France, lost, and two others. In Spain 72 percent voted ‘yes’, and in Luxembourg the ‘yes’ vote was 60 percent. In all the countries that held referendums the majority voted for the Constitution. Do you respect that democracy?”

Nigel Farage, IND/DEM: “What you’re saying Mr Shultz, the implications of what you are saying for the whole concept of democracy is truly terrifying. You’re saying we mustn’t ask the German people what they think, we must lead them, this is terrifying. I’ll never forget the day after the Irish voted ‘no’ you said in parliament that, ‘We must not bow to populism’, and I hope you will now apologise for that comment. It is absolutely… You are anti-democratic. You believe a ruling class knows what’s best for ordinary people. It’s monstrous.”
Martin Schulz, PSE: “It’s an honour to be called anti-democratic by you. Thank you!”
http://www.euronews.net/2009/04/01/europe-s-new-parliament-what-challenges-lie-ahead/ 1st April 2009
Video of debate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZIR6qVejM0


" We must not bow to populism"

Schulz statement day after Irish No vote to Lisbon.

Calls Cameron to give up the British Rebate
(If) Cameron is prepared to give up the rebate on Agricultural Policy then we can for sure discuss a reduction in the (EU) budget.
Interview with EUXTV on 28 October 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWL1UzPTdaA (at 1.45 min)

Supports Financial Transaction Tax
on FTT Tobin Tax http://europeansforfinancialreform.org/en/stop-speculation/know-more
The European Parliament has given its overwhelming support to a tax on financial transactions which, it said, could lead to banks paying as much as €200 billion a year in reparations for damage they have caused to the European economy.

While the declaration of support for what is commonly known as the Tobin Tax is non-binding, it will put pressure on the European Commission to draft legislation hitting the banking sector hard.

The parliament backed the proposals by 529 votes to 127.
"We want to send out an institutional signal saying that the private sector bears its part of the responsibility for the crisis," said MEP Martin Schulz, who heads the parliament's socialist bloc said.
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"What President Barroso said about Financial Transaction Tax is right. Bankers, speculators and insurance companies which were saved by tax-payers money all around Europe a few years ago escape national taxation by transferring capital to tax havens so we need a transaction tax as he said. "

Socialist and Democrats Group Interview September, 28 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRPcYDPLQYE
http://www.athensnews.gr/portal/8/39630?action=print
With strong criticism against Europe's conservative governments, the head of the Socialists in the European Parliament Martin Schulz on Monday said that the Greek prime minister was being forced to adopt policy of fiscal austerity - as opposed to essential reforms - dictated to him by these conservative powers.

Schulz was speaking to reporters at the Hilton Hotel in Athens, where he will take part in a three-day meeting of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats of the European Parliament that begins here on Monday and ends on Wednesday. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will address the meeting on Tuesday.

Noting that austerity hampered growth and did not solve problems, the German MEP stressed that Europe is not moving in the right direction and criticised the policies being followed, noting that 21 of the 27 European governments were conservative. He also accused big banks and financial institutions of creating the crisis that they were now benefiting from, underlining that they have an obligation to support EU cohesion policies.

He was particularly critical of the system that allowed banks to borrow from the European Central Bank at an interest of one percent and then demand that countries with problems pay interest rates as high as ten percent. Stressing that ordinary people could not "withstand more cuts," he strongly supported Papandreou's call for a tax on financial transactions. (ANA) 28 Mar 2011