• European Parliament, Strasbourg, 16 November 2011
• Speaker: Nigel Farage MEP, UKIP, Co-President of the EFD Group in the European Parliament (Europe of Freedom and Democracy)
• Debate: Economic governance - Statements by the Presidents of the European Council (Herman Van Rompuy), the Commission (José Manuel Barroso) and the Eurogroup (Jean-Claude Juncker). Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Ollie Rehn was also present. [2011/2902(RSP)]
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Video Source: EbS - European Parliament
Transcript:
"Here we are on the edge of a financial and social disaster and in the room today we have the four men who are supposed to be responsible. And yet we have listened to the dullest most, technocratic speeches I've ever heard.
You are all in denial. By any objective measure the euro is a failure. And who exactly is responsible, who is in charge out of all you lot? The answer is none of you because none of you have been elected; none of you have any democratic legitimacy for the roles you currently hold within this crisis.
And into this vacuum, albeit reluctantly, has stepped Angela Merkel. And we are now living in a German-dominated Europe - something that the European project was actually supposed to stop. Something that those who went before us actually paid a heavy price in blood to prevent. I don't want to live in a German-dominated Europe and nor do the citizens of Europe.
But you guys have played a role, because when Mr Papandreou got up and used the word 'referendum' - or Mr Rehn, you described it as 'a breach of confidence', and your friends here got together like a pack of hyenas, rounded on Papandreou, had him removed and replaced by a puppet Government. What an absolutely disgusting spectacle that was.
And not satisfied with that, you decided that Berlesconi had to go. So he was removed and replaced by Mr Monti, a former European Commissioner, a fellow architect of this Euro disaster and a man who wasn't even a member of parliament.
It's getting like an Agatha Christie novel, where we're trying to work out who is the next person that's going to be bumped off. The difference is, we know who the villains are. You should all be held accountable for what you've done. You should all be fired.
And I have to say, Mr Van Rompuy. 18 months ago when we first met, I was wrong about you. I said you would be the quiet assassin of nation states' democracy, but not anymore, you are rather noisy about it aren't you. You, an unelected man, went to Italy and said, 'This is not the time for elections but the time for actions'. What in God's name gives you the right to say that to the Italian people.
BRAVO! I loved your speech and your points, Mr. Farage! I was wondering if any one was going to point out the obvious as to what happened in Italy and Greece. This is a brilliant piece and I look forward to hearing more from such a passionate humanist in the future.
May God bless you for your courage and give you the stamina to maintain your passion!
With a speech like that you should have more party members knocking down your door to join you. Here I am, one of them. How refreshing to hear a man stand up for what is Right and Honest...a rare politican with courage and passion.Yes bring it on and let more of our Britain people hear the truth and take a stand for Britain once again. I also say GOD BLESS YOU Mr Farage and all who stand with you to fight over devious issues in Europe. Britain....Wake Up!
Your a brave man Mr. Farage.
Don't let them ignore you. A European Ron Paul. I wish we had more of you. I wish we had a man like you in The Netherlands. Tell us how we can help. How can we fight the EU monster?
Noone - even GREEK - talks about these isssues more sincerely.. So acuratly... FROM his heart.. He is so right.. No one from our own GREEK PARIAMENT ever spoke one true word... never spoke this way... Never account for the damage they cause in this country... for the MONEY...millions that they stole with their families... accounts fount..the person known,, noone in prison
Eloquent, inspiring, passionate but... not true. Is not the Germans' fault that a Greek postal worker had a monthly salary above 2300 euros and other government employees enjoy the same or even higher outrageous salaries, all possible through heavy borrowing.
Berlusconi avoided for a decade to reform the private sector to increase efficiency. The European leaders who signed the treaty of Maastricht back 1992, through which they adopted the German financial policy, were all democratically elected and nobody forced them to do that.
The Europeans won't like to be controlled by Germany WWII style, of course, but I don't think anybody would mind to live in an efficient and prosperous Europe modeled after Germany. If the Germany controls Europe is because we, Europeans want and allowed that. Now if we are in a hole, and want Germany's money, we gotta dance according to their singing.
And then there is the moral hazard aspect. If we kept being rescued from our financial transgressions, how we ever will correct our bankrupt socialist ways? I don't think the Germans want with all their heart to control us. It just turned that way because they're so freaking efficient.
P.S. Papandreou's government lied to the Greeks, to Europe and to the whole world when they falsified their public finances. In any European country you will go to jail for that if your're caught. I think Papandreou's lucky he only got the boot and not the handcuffs too...
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May God bless you for your courage and give you the stamina to maintain your passion!