{"id":5153,"date":"2019-11-28T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/facts4eu.com\/?p=5153"},"modified":"2019-11-28T07:53:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T07:53:00","slug":"video-british-mep-gives-harsh-lesson-in-democracy-to-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facts4eu.com\/?p=5153","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: British MEP gives harsh lesson in democracy to the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cLet\u2019s be honest with our voters at home. This process is a sham.\u201d<\/h2>\n

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New EU Commission \u00a9 EU Parliament \/ Claire Fox MEP \u00a9 Claire Fox<\/p>\n

Brexit Party MEP for NW England speaks to Brexit Facts4EU.Org about the new EU Commission<\/h3>\n

\nAs we predicted early yesterday morning, the EU Parliament has now rubber-stamped the appointment of the new German-led EU Commission which – in just three days\u2019 time – will take over from the previous administration led by Jean-Claude Juncker. <\/p>\n

What we were not expecting was a bravura performance by Brexit Party MEP Claire Fox,<\/b> who gave a short speech in which she slammed both the chaotic selection process and the democratic legitimacy of the new EU Commission.<\/p>\n

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Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary<\/h3>\n

\u201cThis parliament is no more than a faux democratic charade used to give a veneer of legitimacy to an illegitimate decision making process.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

–\tClaire Fox MEP, speech to EU Parliament, 27 Nov 2019<\/p>\n

Speaking to Brexit Facts4EU.Org after her speech, Claire Fox told us:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was my first time speaking in front of a full chamber and given the occasion of the Commission’s vote, I think the parliament were expecting a more procedural and welcoming statement, not one of outright hostility to the undemocratic process that selected the Commission. <\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThe irony was that despite being heckled and booed throughout, I was originally trying to appeal collegiately to my fellow MEPs to be honest with the voters about the democratic deficit. This obviously changed – along with my tone – once I realised that to the ears of the parliament, my statement amounted to heresy.\u201d <\/i><\/p>\n

\u2013 Claire Fox, statement to Brexit Facts4EU.Org 27 Nov 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

During her first major speech to the EU Parliament, Ms Fox delivered a devastating indictment of what she referred to as \u201ca thoroughly anti-democratic imposition of top down power at Commission level.\u201d<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

Below we present a video of Claire Fox\u2019s two-minute speech, together with a transcript so that readers can hear what was drowned out.<\/p>\n

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Claire Fox speech on the process of the voting through the Commission 27\/11\/2019<\/p>\n