"Sixty-five years ago, heroic Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg made his claim to go down as a glorious name in German history when he led the failed 1944 assassination plot against Hitler.
Today, his third son, Count Franz Ludwig von Stauffenberg, is leading the German resistance against the Lisbon Treaty — and in the past week won a vital victory.
He secured a sensational ruling from the German constitutional court that the powers of the Berlin parliament must be significantly strengthened before Germany signs on the dotted line of the document which will create a centralised EU superpower.
This landmark decision has massive implications not just for Germany, but also for Britain.
This is because there will now be a long delay in the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty which could well string out the process until after the British general election.
This has fascinating ramifications.
David Cameron has bravely pledged a European referendum if the Treaty has not been ratified and he becomes Prime Minister.
It now looks possible that his first major drama as Tory PM would be to lead the ‘No’ camp in a referendum on the Treaty.
Of course, this might embarrass Cameron because the Tories risk a major split, with pro-Europe Ken Clarke taking up an opposing position.
But my guess is that Cameron will win a ‘No’ vote and achieve a massive victory in the war against euro-federalism."
Thankfully, Peter Oborne was not distracted by this week's over-egged outpouring of pseudo grief which dominated every news programme and Sky News in particular. This is the first I have heard of Count von Stauffenberg's court action or that there was even a German resistance to the Lisbon Treaty. Thanks to the Daily Mail - the paper they hate and ridicule at every opportunity - the left wing press and news channels have not been able to completely bury this story. Brown and Mandelson will not be at all happy with this development - good!
Hat tip to Barking Spider at TVOTR
Update:
Actually our party leader mentioned this story in February but I had other things on my mind at the time.
2 comments:
They also briefly mentioned it on radio 4 (I think it was Thursday).
Though my knowledge on the subject is poor I do distinctly remember hearing that Britain and Germany were fierce allies before world war 1; it was our embarkation on internationalist attempts that muddied it.
Many of my dealings are with Germans and I have been there many times; if I could I would live and work there. It is testament to teutonic reason that the charge against federalistic fascism is not led by swivel eyed UKIP fanatics or Tory-glory seekers, but by the quiet actions of a few individuals who spotted a fault in the design of their plans; in the aftermath sadly who do you think will get the glory?
I've always found it surprising that the driving power in Europe has been France/Germany and not Britain/Germany; it would have rather changed the flavour of it.
But Cameron will not deliver an EU referendum, just as Labour have not. If he was serious he'd just openly campaign on rejecting it.
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