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Europe
Spanish foreign minister gloats over UK's coming demise
2005-03-02
BRITAIN'S days as an independent country will soon be over, Spain's foreign minister boasted yesterday.

Miguel Angel Moratinos said it is only a matter of time before we are swallowed up by a new European superstate.

And he admitted that the EU Constitution will be a death warrant for sovereignty of the 25 member states.

Mr Moratinos declared: "We are witnessing the last remnants of national politics."

And asked if the treaty would strip parliaments like Westminster of the right to set their own laws he replied: "Absolutely."

He said they had already signed away power to run their own economy, legal system and human rights rules.

The next step will be to form a Europe-wide foreign policy and merge the armed forces into a single EU army.

Mr Moratinos said the constitution would lead to "a surrender of member states' sovereignty".

He told an EU think-tank that patriotism will be swept away as we all become Europeans.

The minister added: "The member states have already relinquished control of justice, liberty and security.

"Now the difficult part is approaching — the giving up of sovereignty in the dual arenas of foreign affairs and defence.

"The concept of traditional citizenship has been bypassed in the 21st century."

Mr Moratinos's outburst casts fresh doubt on Tony Blair's assurances that Britain will remain a sovereign state.

It comes just days after Germany's foreign minister confirmed the constitution will be the "birth certificate" for a United States of Europe.

Shadow Foreign Secretary Michael Ancram said last night: "Yet again a senior European politician has dared to tell the truth about the constitution, a truth Mr Blair is anxious to hide."
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