Daniel Hannan's last Brexit speech in the European Parliament

how did we get here ask mr. valve stop opening the debate there was a referendum in 1975 which went in favor of continued membership there was no continuity leave campaign after that people accepted the result with good grace they didn't seek to overturn it indeed euro skepticism was confined to the fringes of the Bennett left what changed frankly was the Maastricht Treaty up until that moment it was still possible to see the EU as a club of Nations as an association of sites primarily concerned with trade and economics but after Maastricht it became clear that you jurisdiction who is being extended into a whole series of completely on economic fields foreign policy culture migration citizens rights etc etc and that the aspiration was to have the EU as a quasi state with a flag and a parliament in a currency and a president and external embassies and all the other accoutrements if at any stage Britain had been able to have a trade only association of course that would have been enough in fact even as recently as February 2016 if David Cameron had come back with any repatriation of power can we doubt that he would have won the ensuing referendum but faced with the departure of its second financial contributor the EU was still not prepared to allow any devolution of power and that ultimately is what made a parting of ways inevitable so I wish you all the best I want to return to the kind of true vision that Churchill set out where he said let's have a a united Europe with Britain looking on as a friend and sponsor you are losing a bad tenant but gaining a good neighbor whose Ali belt remove a look at earth lose a leg Anya Gagne and BOM Plaza [Music]

Channel: ECR Group European Parliament

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Length: 1min 48sec (108 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 30 2020