Letter: Help stop control of this country from being handed to Brussels
Eric Pickles the Communities Secretary issued a statement, of which the following is a extract.
All babies born in Britain could have the EU flag stamped on their birth certificate within three years.
He said there was nothing that he could do to prevent the emblem from replacing the Royal Crest on birth, death, and marriage certificates. The Communities Secretary warned the move was part of a Brussels plot to brand people as European citizens 'from the cradle to the grave'.
He stated that the plan, contained in the Lisbon Treaty, was part of the campaign to stamp the EU flag across all tiers of public administration and undermine national status. His warning came after the EU unveiled new identikit blue-and-yellow certificates emblazoned with the 12-star EU flag. They will have legal force across the continent from early next year.
For now these will be available alongside national certificates, so parents will be able to ask for either a British certificate or a European one. The idea is to make it easier for migrants to move around Europe. Brussels has not yet demanded that EU certificates become compulsory, but Mr Pickles states it is only a matter of time.
He used the example of driving licences, where at first it was optional for countries to put the 12-star EU symbol on new documents. Five years later it became mandatory. The EU regulation on birth, death, marriage certificates is due to be reviewed in three years and Whitehall sources say they fear it could become compulsory then.
These changes have come into force as a result of the Lisbon Treaty which Blair and Brown approved without reference back to the UK Parliament or the electorate.
Ask yourself the question 'were you consulted on giving control of the UK to Brussels', I know I have never been. If you wish to stop control of this country being given to Brussels the write to your MP.
You can also express your disapproval of these changes at every chance at the ballot box – be it a parish, town, county, national election – by not supporting any of the three major parties.
R Knight, Hollinswood
