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Merger mania; European Union member nations are close to voting on a newly created Constitution. Europeans are awakening to the serious reality of losing their independence.(European Union)

The New American

| September 20, 2004 | McManus, John F. | COPYRIGHT 2004 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

If the leaders of European nations decide that their countries should commit suicide, and their peoples allow them to do so, shame on them. The road toward this destination has actually been traveled for more than 50 years--from the 1952 formation of the European Coal and Steel Community (six nations), to the 1958 Common Market (six nations), to the 1986 expansion of the European Economic Community (12 nations), to the 1992 European Community (15 nations), to the current European Union (25 nations).

Sold over several decades to the European people as a beneficial trade agreement, the EU's progress toward gaining ultimate domination included publication of the EU ...

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