Så var det åter ett historiskt framträdande i EU-parlamentet av Tysklands och Frankrikes ledare.
Kanske inte på det sätt som de själva avsåg, när de pläderade för mer EU utan kanske för att detta förmodligen var inledningen till unionens sönderfall genom Hollandes indirekta uppmaning till dem som inte delar hans vision att lämna EU.
Brexit verkar nu allt mer sannolikt och Nigel Farage levererade ännu en svidande vidräkning med EUs politiska klass.
Citat:
Nigel Farage Calls France A 'Pipsqueak'... In Front Of French President Francois Hollande
...The Ukip leader, who is a fierce opponent of the European project, also attacked Germany in a three-minute rant, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel looked on bewildered.
Reacting to the Merkel and Hollande’s joint speech on Wednesday, Farage lampooned France as the "severely diminished" partner in the Franco-German relationship, suggesting the country was "trapped inside a currency from which she cannot recover.”
...“The French voice in this relationship and in Europe is little more now, frankly, than a pipsqueak," he added. Farage ploughed on, leaving Merkel shifting uncomfortably sitting next to her baffled French ally.
..."This isn't a Europe of peace, it's a Europe of division, it's a Europe of disharmony, it's a Europe that is a recipe for resentment," he said. "And yet, when faced with all this failure, both of you said the same thing today, you said: 'Europe isn't working -- so we must have more Europe,' more of the same failing!"
...Farage concluded by noting a "bright star on the horizon, it's called the British referendum... and a Brexit looks more likely than at any point in modern times."
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015...n_8264420.html
Se talet här. Det kommer med säkerhet att räknas till hans klassiska när historien skrives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFV70Xp-Xsg
Fotnot: pip-squeak (pĭp′skwēk′)
n. Informal
One that is small or insignificant.
Det sved allt i själen på Le Grand Nation....
