"The True Finns is a Party ahead of its time" Timo Soini EFD MEP

"The sovereignty of the people is a strong word. I personally believe that a true democracy can only take place in a nation state." Timo Soini MEP (EFD Group) told delegates to rousing applause at the National Congress of the True Finns Party in Pori, Finland.

SIR – The suggestion from government spin doctors that the proposals for EU-wide financial regulatory institutions are “technical” in nature and of little practical significance would be laughable were the proposal not so serious. They will mean a complete loss of power for the existing UK regulators. The measures voted on in Strasbourg at the July Plenary session and in large part enthusiastically supported by UK Coalition MEPs, will have the following binding legal effects:

They will be law with primacy over the law of all member states.