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Germany’s Stealth Attack on the EU

July 16, 2009 | From theTrumpet.com
What it means for the future of Europe—and the world.

T
he German high court is ambushing the European Union. Europe’s leaders don’t see it, but they
will. Soon.

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court recently ruled that the Lisbon Treaty is compatible with the
German constitution. On June 30, the court rejected complaints by some German lawmakers that the
treaty violated the constitution, and decided that “the substance of German state authority is
protected” in the treaty.

EU leaders are so relieved Berlin said ja to Lisbon that they appear to have given little thought to a
colossal caveat attached to the ruling.

Germany’s constitution “says yes to the Lisbon Treaty,” stated presiding judge Andreas Voßkuhle in
his verdict, which was televised nationally, “but calls at national level for a strengthening of
parliamentary responsibility” (emphasis mine throughout).

What does Voßkuhle mean by the “strengthening of parliamentary responsibility”? He means this:
Before Germany ratifies the Lisbon Treaty, it must strengthen the German parliament’s influence on
EU decisions made in Brussels. Therefore, a law is now being created that will demand members of
the Bundestag approve any change to the Lisbon Treaty, or any expansion of EU power, before it can
be imposed on Germany.

By nature, this law essentially equips Germany with the power to HIJACK the EU!

Peter Gauweiler, member of the right-wing Christian Socialist Union, spearheaded the challenge
against the Lisbon Treaty. Although he lost his appeal and Germany is preparing to ratify Lisbon,
Gauweiler was more than satisfied with the federal court’s far-reaching stipulation. “It’s a very
sweeping decision on the Lisbon Treaty as a whole,” he told Spiegel Online. “In 91 pages, the Federal
Constitutional Court expressly held that the treaty and its accompanying law must conform to
Germany’s constitution, the so-called Basic Law ….”

Germany has been chiseling itself a seat atop of Europe ever since its reunification in 1989. With its
location at the heart of the Continent, its large population and its economic and political clout, it has
been quite successful. This legal stipulation gives Germany unparalleled influence in Brussels. EU
leaders will essentially be held hostage by Berlin; they will be forced to take the German constitution
and German opinion into account when formulating virtually every law, every policy and every
decision.

Essentially, it will make Berlin, not Brussels, the EPICENTER of EU law and policy!

The Germans are working fast too. In response to the court ruling, the
Bundestag (the lower house of the German parliament) will meet in August EU leaders are so
to draft the new law. The bill will undergo a second reading in early consumed in
September. Upon approval, it will be attached as an addendum to dreams of
Germany’s official ratification of the Lisbon Treaty before national elections European unity
on September 27. EU leaders are tickled that Germany is being so that they ignore

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expeditious in ratifying Lisbon. They hope Berlin embracing this EU

constitution will provide fresh, much-needed impetus to Ireland, the Czech
the nightmare
Republic and Poland, which have all yet to ratify the treaty.
that could come
with German
EU leaders are so consumed with dreams of European unity that they
ratification of the
ignore the nightmare that could come with German ratification of the
Lisbon Treaty.
Lisbon Treaty.

Even a cursory reading of the German media’s response to the court ruling ought to have shocked
them into seeing reality.

The federal court’s verdict “takes the German parliament to task,” observed the German paper
Süddeutsche Zeitung. “German politicians will need to become involved with every new law, no
matter how small. … And with this decision European integration becomes part of Germany’s
domestic politics. … This spectacularly clever verdict artfully says that European integration will not
be stopped—but will be making a little detour through Germany, where it will benefit from some
added democracy.”

“This is the end of European integration as we know it,” wrote the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
“Germany will support the Lisbon Treaty, but only under strict conditions. And anyone who wants to
found a European state must now ask for the permission of the German people.” Multiple issues are
already lining up, waiting for adjudication by the German court, the article said, and the “message is
loud and clear: WE WEAR THE PANTS.”

Observed Handelsblatt: The German federal court clearly sees the “European Parliament as a minor
instrument which is ‘not suited to major political decisions.’” The German business daily continued:

For Karlsruhe [the city in which the German federal court is located], democracy has only
one important organ: THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION. And that’s not exactly an altruistic move—
because by saying this, the Constitutional Court is also increasing its own claim to
legislative power. Only Karlsruhe can stop Brussels from going overboard, only Karlsruhe
can protect principles of democracy. AND THAT SECURES KARLSRUHE A LONG SOUGHT-AFTER
ADVANTAGE OVER VARIOUS EUROPEAN TRIBUNALS.

Could this ruling be any more plain? When it comes to EU affairs, Germany considers the European
Parliament a minor instrument, and the German national constitution, and the German federal court,
the supreme authority!

Under the new law, the German high court will often supersede the European Union courts. Take the
European Court of Justice, for instance. If it makes a decision at odds with German national law, or if
Germany perceives that it oversteps its authority, German citizens will have the right to legal
protection by the Federal Constitutional Court, even against EU regulations.

It must comfort German citizens to know they stand above EU law. But what about the lawmakers in
Brussels, or the citizens of the other 26 EU member nations? Brussels will be forced to formulate laws
and policies with the German high court peering over its shoulder, ready to shred any decision that
doesn’t align with German interests or the German constitution. Citizens of other member states will
have to stand idly by as the EU is stealthily subjugated by Berlin.

That’s democracy, German-style!

In its ruling, the German high court expressed concern that the EU in its current form is an
undemocratic institution. It argued that this new law strengthening the role of the German parliament
in Brussels would make the EU more democratic.

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Look at history. Could there be a more terrifying LIE? Yet most of Europe has fallen for it!

In 1954, Herbert Armstrong wrote, “Nothing can prevent Germany from completely dominating
Europe. Soon there will be the prophesied united Europe—the resurrected Roman Empire—with
Germans in complete domination. IT’S PROPHESIED! It is hurtling on toward the destruction of
America and Britain” (co-worker letter, Sept. 18, 1954). Mr. Armstrong was referring to prophecies in
Isaiah, Daniel, Nahum, Hosea and Revelation 13 and 17, all of which speak about the emergence in
the last days of a newly resurrected Holy Roman Empire—led by Germany!

This recent ruling by the German high court is direct fulfillment of this prophecy.

This new law will NOT make the EU more democratic. Germany will be the only member with a
greater voice. It’s a stealthy ambush of Brussels that will only make the European Union even more
German-centric, German-dependent and German-dominated. This legal decision will equip Berlin with
far-reaching leverage over EU law and policy, and will ultimately advance Germany’s prophetic march
to become the unchecked leader of a united European empire.

If you haven’t already started, now is the time to begin studying Bible prophecy, specifically those
prophecies relating to Germany. A German-led European empire is building. You need to know how it
will affect America, Britain and the rest of the world, how powerful it will ultimately become, how its
reign will end, and what will come after it is gone.

We can help you answer these questions. Take the time to investigate and request the free literature
offered to the right.

Believe it or not, this resurrected German empire is about to touch your life! •

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