EU chiefs have a history of reversing democracy

WHEN the French, voting in large numbers, rejected the European constitution (the Lisbon Treaty in readable form), the then president of the European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, along with José Manuel Barroso, called for the ratification process to continue.

Within a day, the governments of the other member states had agreed. Before the referendum had even taken place, Barroso had condemned France’s political elite for their “failure to explain the constitution to voters”.

A similar condemnation had been issued by former commissioner Pascal Lamy blaming no support on “uncertainty, ignorance of the issues and confusion”.