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Now a non-country leads the EU superstate

Wednesday, 7th July 2010

Nigel Farage says Belgium’s rudderless presidency of the European Union is fitting for a fake exercise in democracy.

The West European nation does not have a proper head of state but is still allowed to hold the rotating presidency of the EU. Belgium’s acting Prime Minister, Yves Laterme addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday.

Following his speech, the former UKIP leader said: "Belgium is an artificial construct as a nation, and a prototype for the equally artificial nation of the European Union. Of course, in the Brussels madhouse, failure of the prototype is no reason to not rush into the mass production of 'ever closer union'.

"We now have a President of the European Union who has no electoral mandate, and, worse, no country to lead as Belgium begins to disintegrate into its constituent parts. The President who is supposed to continue guiding Europe on its path to 'ever closer union' has proved unable to hold together a nation of 11 million people.

"What I find particularly sad is that amongst the assembled MEPs, only UKIP and our fellow travellers opposing the EU can see the irony."

Watch Nigel Farage's speech in the European Parliament below

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