| www.ukipmeps.org | http • European Parliament, Brussels, 30 November 2011 • Speaker: Nigel Farage MEP, UKIP, Co-President of the EFD Group in the European Parliament (Europe of Freedom and Democracy) • Debate: Accession Treaty: Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia (A7-0390/2011 Hannes Swoboda): www.europarl.europa.eu Application of Croatia to become a member of the European Union (A7-0389/2011 Hannes Swoboda): www.europarl.europa.eu ....................................... • Sources: Video Source: EbS - European Parliament Music excerpts from Velvet Choker (Corner Stone Cues) .................................. Transcript: Last September I went to Croatia. I wanted to find out whether a proper national debate is going on; whether there was afair campaign. What did I find? I found that the EU is doing everything it can to bribe the poitical class in Croatia - doing it quite well, really, too. Already the EU has given 320 million euros to Croatia in what is called pre-accession aid. The EU has just spent a million euros on a blatant propaganda advertising campaign, telling Croatia that the EU is their only hope. Cleverly, you've even given jobs to Croatians - highly paid jobs to Croatians in the European Parliament and in the European Commission just to show them how well off they'll be - the ruling class will be - if they join, and you've got EU flags flying on official buildings all over the country to give the impression that it's a done deal. You've ... |
