What? Where do you see anything totalitarian? Can you please justify this claim? Very, very strange.
I don't agree to everything what Junckers said.
Have a read of the speech. He talked about one President instead of six - and at present you can't vote for the president in the EU. I have a feeling you wont be able to either if this comes in. As you know, the EU commission are appointed not elected.
No opt out for currency - you're going to have to take the Euro. Part of Scotland's plans to join the EU if they get independence was to keep Sterling, but they'll have no choice if Junker gets his way.
He said, "The EU will take the big decisions and the member states will take the small ones". Basically subverting local democracy.
But not just that.
1. Expansions of the Schengen Area.
2. New finance minister to take control of member states finances.
3. Expansion of the banking union, to take all EU banks under EU control.
4. EU transaction tax
5. New agency to control and tax the Internet.
6. EU Army by 2025
Really worrying indeed.
But don't take my word for it - just read the speech.
1. Very Good. This is what is needed, cosmopolitan EU with open boarders and free travel. As an EU citizen that does also business travel or drives to vacation cossing 4 boarders I don't need more checkpoints and delays to satisfy controlitis of some national boarder control freaks
2. Very Good. Might even reduce financial chaos in Greece, Italy, Purtugal, etc.
3. Very Good. Same rules for every one. Reduces national exceptions that might protect bad banks, because of strange national interests.
4. Very Good. This was considered as one of the most important tools to fix finacial crisis of 2008. One of the things UK blocked and a few others.
5. Very Good. Finally avoid tax oasis in the internet. But basically this is already standard in many Euopean countries.
6. Very Good. Finally all under one command and every body contibutes and speaks in one.
One president instead of 6. Very Good. Why should I pay for 6? And why should we pay for 6 just to satisfy some countries controlitis that they always think they nreed to have a representative in every organization. Reduce bureaucracy in this case would be a good thing. Yes the president isn't elected. I would change this anyway. Less permissions for the president / commission, more power to the EU parliament. And have the EU commission more a job like the US Senate or the German Bundesrat or the UK House of Lords. But then it means it needs an own government that replaces the function of the current job of EU commission. I would let the EU parliament decide who they sent into the government.
Euro for everyone. Right now with the exception Denmark and UK every EU country that meets the criteria has to accept and introduce the Euro as currency - this is the rule already. Actually no big change. But I admit, countries that miss the criteria for longer should be able to leave. And honestly for weak countries the Euro is too strong and it favours strong countries.
Overall the sugestions of Juncker strengthen democracy in the EU and makes their acting more tranparent. Not a single counrty can block the whole EU like UK did for 4 decades or Poland and Hungary right now does. Or even Germany that sometimes said we pay the most in the EU we have the most people of any EU country either it goes our way or nothing. As I said it will strengthen democracy!
I am eagerly seeing forward what really can be changed in the EU.
By the way there were more very good suggestions and ideas.
My old text under my avatar here on the board once said: Proud European Citizen.
This is possible again. But only once the nay sayers and road blockers are eiher gone (UK) or they are overruled by a majority decision and don't have the damaging veto rights anymore.