2009 marks the first year of global governance, with the EU as the testing ground

On November 19, 2009, Mr. Herman Van Rompuy, following his announcement of first President of the Council of the European Union, proclaimed: [1]

“2009 is also the first year of global governance, with the establishment of the G20 in the middle of the financial crisis. The climate conference in Copenhagen is another step towards the global management of our planet.”

“Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization and frequent attendee of secret Bilderberg meetings, sees the European Union as a testing ground for the machinery of international governance. In a speech in Italy on November 9th, Lamy stated that the EU model should be used on a global scale”. [2, 3]

MEP Nigel Farage critisises the EU as an authoritarian dictatorship ruled by unelected bureaucrats to the detriment of national sovereignty, allegedly against a 1999 law that states it is illegal to criticize the EU.