Christendom, Not The EU

No2EU emails:

Handelsblatt reports that there was no progress at yesterday's German Bundestag meeting on the legislation required to ratify the Lisbon Treaty. The different factions only agreed on a guideline of procedure, but failed to agree concrete proposals. The CSU has argued that a stronger say for the German parliament over EU decision-making should not only be embedded in new legislation but also in the German Constitution. The SPD is strongly opposed to such a measure. SPD parliamentary spokesperson on EU matters, Axel Schäfer, said that a constitutional amendment "is out of the question", whereas the CDU has signaled a willingness to discuss the issue.

Furthermore, the CSU demands that parliament's statements on EU questions should be binding on the German government with the exception of matters relating to foreign and security policy. This stands in strong opposition to the CDU, SPD, FDP, and Greens. Another conflicting issue is the CSU demand for referendums on questions related to the future integration of the EU.

The article notes that these differences seriously threaten the timetable set out for passing the legislation on the Lisbon Treaty and therefore ratification of the Treaty before the referendum in Ireland. The first reading in the parliament is expected on 26 August.

The CSU is a very Catholic party indeed: pro-life, pro-family, pro-worker, anti-war, at least broadly Distributist, the lot. As in several Polish cases, for example, the more Catholic, and thus committed to Christendom, a party is, the more hostile it is to the grotesque parody of Christendom that is the EU, or "the West" as defined by the neoconservative movement.