British Prime Minister Truss, who campaigned for leadership on the promise that she would govern as a true conservative, on principle lowering taxes, controlling immigration, and supporting Brexit, has already (joyfully) declared, now that she is in power, that she will raise taxes, invite more immigration – and embrace the EU!
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Prime Minister Liz Truss has signed up to attend the first meeting of the Emmanuel Macron-driven “European Political Community”, feared by some to be an extension of the European Union.
“We must unite our Europe in the truth of its geography with the desire to preserve the unity of our continent,” the French leader had said when proposing his ‘European Political Community’ in June. The organization was described in French proposal documents as “a coordination political platform for European countries across the continent".
It was envisioned that the likes of Ukraine could be incorporated into such a body without the obligations granting full EU membership brings — Free Movement migration and access to shared structural funds, for example — but the potential participation of Britain was controversial, given the British people’s vote for national independence over European “coordination” and “unity” in 2016.
It is now confirmed that Prime Minister Liz Truss, who campaigned against Brexit in 2016 and voted for Theresa May’s failed Brexit-in-name-only deal three times in the House of Commons, has indeed signed up to the European Political Community’s inaugural meeting in the Czech Republic.