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WE SWEAR TO FREE MALTA FROM THE SLAVERY, COLONIALISM AND DICTATORIAL ILLEGAL EUROPEAN UNION RULE

TELL YOUR PARLIAMENTARY DEPUTY THAT YOU WANT MALTA TO REGAIN INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM

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The European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights is today part of the Lisbon Treaty, because Article 6 of the Union Treaty states that the Union recognizes the rights, liberties and principles that there are in the Charter of Fundamental Rights and that they have the same legal strength of the Union treaties.

The preamble of the Charter states that the Union believes tat it is necessary that through the Charter make more visible the rights that emanate from the indivisible and universal rights of human dignity, Liberty and equality and solidarity, and based on the principles of democracy and the principle of the Rule of Law and that the Union feels that it should strengthen the protection of these fundamental rights in the light of the changes in society, social progress and scientific and technological developments.

The Union admits that the enjoyment of these rights brings with it responsibilities and duties both with respect to others, as well as with respect to the community of human beings and future generations and therefore the Charter recognizes these fundamental rights, liberties and the principles that should be observed. 

These regard the Human Dignity, his Liberties, Human Equality, Solidarity between humans, Citizens Rights and the application of Justice.

These rights, liberties and principles of the Charter of fundamental Rights, although many in number, only apply to institutions, bodies and agencies of the Union, according to the powers granted to them by the Union treaties and for the Member States “only when they are implementing Union rights.” 

It is expressly stated that the charter does not “extend the scope of application of the right of the Union further than the competences of the union and does not create any competence and any new competence for the Union and does not modify the competences defined” in the Union treaties.

The Charter continues to state that there may be limitations for these rights and liberties, but limitations have to be written in law and can only be made where necessary and where the limitations effectively reach the scope of general interests recognized by the Union or where the limitations are necessary to protect the rights of others.
 
There are other important limitations for the application of the principles established in the Charter. 

In fact it is stated that the principles cannot be invoked in Court except for the scope of interpretation and for verification and legality of legislative and executive acts of the Union or acts of the Member States when they are implementing some competent right for the Union.

Finally the charter also states that this cannot be interpreted in such a manner that it gives right to carry out some activity or to execute an act that is intended to deny some right or liberty recognized in the Charter or to impose greater limitations for the rights and liberties that the Charter states.

From all this it can be said that although in appearance the rights, liberties and principles that are in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the Union are many and appear agreeable, their application is very limited.

But it is their meaning and interpretation that is left to the Court of Justice of the Union, which may be as wide as the Ocean and uncertain as the weather and changes according to the thinking and according to the times.

The difficulties that the Charter of Fundamental Rights can create were well understood by three Member States of the Union. 

Two of them,

* England and

* Poland

made a Protocol to the Lisbon Treaty with which they bound the union that it cannot apply the Charter to them, because in the Protocol it is stated that the Charter does not give any right neither to the Union Court of Justice nor to any Court or Tribunal of England or Poland to say that some law, regulation or administrative provisions, practices or actions are inconsistent with the rights, liberties and principles of the Charter.

The Protocol also states that the Charter does not create rights that can be invoked in the Courts of the two countries, unless those rights are written in the national laws of England and Poland.

The third country, the

* Czech Republic,

made a declaration about the Charter of Rights of the Union. 

In this Declaration it is stated that the Charter does not reduce anything from the application of the national law of the Czech Republic and does not accept the powers of the authorities of the country in the fields of rights, liberties and fundamental principles.

The Maltese Parliament,when it voted in favour of the Treaty of Lisbon, did not think about making any reservation as had been made by the

* British,

* Polish and

* Czechs,

and now our country will have to dance according to the music of the Court of justice of the European Union.
 

If we examine carefully foreign investment that our country had in the four years since we have become members in the European Union, we should find that the least amount came from the European Union and a greater amount came from countries outside the Union. 

If we compare what was the unit cost in our country prior to becoming members in the Union with what it was after membership, we find that it increased at a greater rate than exports from our country. 

We have reasons to insist that if we had not become members in the Union,

* the unit cost would have been less,

* exports would have been greater and

* foreign investment would have been greater

The same story can be said about tourism to our country. 

With membership in the Union, a holiday in our country costs more because of new expenses, including VAT, as a result of membership.

Outside the Union,

* the Maltese tourism industry would have been more competitive,

* with the consequence that thousands more tourists would have come to our country,

* we would have profited more millions from tourism,

* and more hundreds of workers would have worked in the tourism sector.

It is only necessary to consider what we would have saved on fuel (diesel, petrol, kerosene, oils and gas), if we stayed out of the Union.

We would have continued to benefit from the agreement with Libya about preferential prices for oil, which would have meant      

* lower prices for

* diesel,

* petrol,

* kerosene,

* oils and

* gas

* lower surcharge

* and less taxes imposed by the Union on

* energy products,

* on the pretext of reducing their consumption.
 

If we had not accepted the European Union diktat to 

* privatize the Airport, 

* the Freeport, 

* Air Supplies, 

* the management of the Grand Harbour, 

* Lotto, 

* Post, 

* TeleMalta, 

* TugMalta, 

* Med Serv, 

* and work which Sea Malta used to make, 

the millions that these enterprises are generating would have been for the

* Maltese Treasury, 

* not to private pockets, 

* and mostly, 

* in foreigners pockets.

In order to accept our membership in the Union, 

* we have sacrificed the Marsa shipyard, 

* we have crippled the Bormla Shipyard, 

* we have destroyed Dock Number One, 

* we have lost hundreds of skilled workers, 

* and retired from work hundreds of others prior to reaching retirement age.

Because we have implemented and observed the European Union regulations,

*  many factories had to close down, 

* thousands of workers lost their jobs, 

*and others had their wages and 

* working conditions reduced.

We burdened our people 

* with many new taxes, 

* increased the costs for the importation of medicines and 

* consequently we have increased their prices, 

* as we have increased the prices of products, 

* meat and 

* cereals bought from outside the European Union.

 When our country can grow economically once we increase exports, with membership in the Union we ended up with imports increasing much more than the increase in exports.

Prior to membership, nearly all sectors of the people could buy the house they lived in.

Today, few can do so, because the prices of property and land have exploded. 

The amount of property sequestrated by the banks has greater increased because the loans on it had not been paid. 

If with membership a few have profited, many have become poor.

Much of the riches of the Maltese people are going to foreigners. 

When previously all the banks were Maltese,

* now we have given them to the foreigners to make great profit on the Maltese deposits,

* instead of the profit remaining for the Maltese people.

Membership in the Union is dismantling us bit by bit as a sovereign and free nation, and is going to bring us as a small ruled city in one of the regions of Southern Europe. 

Until we again have leaders to lead us to regain independence and freedom.

Thursday 14 February 2008.

WE WANT INDEPENDENCE FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION

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