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| Immigrants to Britain Must Swear Alligence to EU (Not Queen) |
| 2005-09-01 |
| IMMIGRANTS to Britain will have to swear an oath of allegiance to EU laws and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, rather than the Queen, under a proposal announced by Brussels. The European Commission also announced measures to counter illegal immigration across Europe and others to promote integration of legal immigrants. Franco Frattini, the European Commissioner for justice and security, proposed an âoath of faithfulnessâ requiring all immigrants to the EU to swear allegiance to the union. He said: âOne can get every immigrant to somehow declare they will respect national law, EU law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights.â The charter is seen by its supporters as representing the basic values of the EU. It goes considerably further than the old European Convention on Human Rights, offering, for example, the right to parental leave if you adopt a child, the right to continuous training, the right to social security benefits and the right to strike. It has no legal force because it was part of the European constitution, which was rejected by French and Dutch voters. The Government recently started requiring immigrants to swear allegiance to the Queen and British democracy. Signor Frattini proposed a charter to which 90 per cent of Franceâs immigrants sign up as a model for the rest of Europe. âAll those who enter Europe must respect European laws,â he said. âWe can insist on respecting the basic values of Europe, and we can demand full respect for existing laws.â The rise of Islamic terrorism, and the growth of alienated ethnic communities, has persuaded many governments that more efforts must be made to promote integration of immigrants, including loyalty oaths. The oath of allegiance to the EU â which could be in addition to or in place of the oath to the Queen â would be subject to negotiation, but the Government cannot veto it because it gave up its national veto on EU immigration law last year. Britain does have an opt-out, but it would have to reject the entire package of immigration measures. A government spokesman said: âQuestions of citizenship should be organised by member states nationally.â An EU diplomat said of the proposal: âItâs loony.â |
| Posted by:Captain America |
| #10 Islam is not a religion. Their "pigallah' is a projection of HATE. Its a cult of ignorance and killing and historical regression, The big ones eat the little ones, They have given us the "suicide bomber." Eurabia is mideast North especially Englanistan. Bad ideas must be eliminated. |
| Posted by: Gleregum Elmaimp9510 2005-09-01 23:59 |
| #9 You're a nut and a nazi-lover, Angry. |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-09-01 23:24 |
| #8 Wish we could do this here in the ole USA. By the way: I have written a lot here about our Left, our Fifth Column, and how payback time is coming soon. Check out this piece from a piece of human excrement who will no doubt be in the cross-hairs of the impending American Civil War or as I prefer to call it "Cleaning Out the Leftist Fifth Column": Katrina: Yes, You CAN Blame Bush |
| Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-09-01 22:57 |
| #7 I guess I'm reminded of our Denver Nuggets player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf back in 1996 refusing to stand for the Pledge of Alliegence here in Denver. http://www.poppolitics.com/articles/2003-02-28-flagprotest.shtml I was thinking along these lines, and that it wouldn't hurt for a start. |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-09-01 22:41 |
| #6 Sheesh - you'd think that swearing allegiance to Allah and Jihad would be sufficient. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-09-01 22:23 |
| #5 I feel it's a start though. Muslims seem to be caught up in material things, like burning the flag is a big deal to them. While I do agree that there would be some that would just say what Europe wants to hear without meaning it, I feel the majority of them wouldn't state this oath of allegiance to Europe being against what they stand for. If it was understood that all of the muslims that live in Europe give their oath of allegiance to Europe daily in some way and not to Jihad it would be interesting to see how it shakes out. Getting some of them on tape and broadcasting it back home to their families and friends would be good. I doubt many muslims would give their allegiance if they knew they'd be broadcast back home. Not that I feel this group of folks are particularly stellar in backing their own credo, but they are so very religious, I think they wouldn't want to give an oath straying away from killing all infidels. Like I said it's a start, and it would be a good start here in the US too. |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-09-01 22:09 |
| #4 "Sod of Swampy" comes to mind. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-09-01 21:47 |
| #3 Lying to infidels is S.O.P. so the Muslim immigrants will tell the Immigration bureaucrats and just-plain-joes what they want to hear. Total looniness, all right. Total waste of time. Nothing is going to stop the immigrants from giving to the Jihad Par-tay if they want to. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-09-01 21:42 |
| #2 "you must salute our |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-01 21:40 |
| #1 The poor Brits. They need to get out now. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2005-09-01 21:40 |