Article 6.3 of the Treaty of Velsen allows the EU gendarmerie to be deployed in another State with the simple "consent" of that state. Bob Spink, now UKIP's MP , and Lord Pearson, one of UKIP's two Peers, asked ministers for an assurance that this consent will never be given. No such assurance was forthcoming.

The presence of the Eurogendarmerie on our shores will be what makes the whole EU process physically irreversible. It will not be enough for our Parliament, at that point, to pass an Act repealing the ECA72 and then to simply "tell" them to go. They will not be subject to our Parliament nor to our Queen. They will be subject only to Brussels, and will obey only decisions taken there, decisions taken by majority voting, where we will have only 8% of the vote. It may require physical force to eject them.

The country must be warned.

http://www.ukip.org/content/european...armed-eurocops
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Originally Posted by Destroy the EU:
Article 6.3 of the Treaty of Velsen allows the EU gendarmerie to be deployed in another State with the simple "consent" of that state. Bob Spink, now UKIP's MP , and Lord Pearson, one of UKIP's two Peers, asked ministers for an assurance that this consent will never be given. No such assurance was forthcoming.

The presence of the Eurogendarmerie on our shores will be what makes the whole EU process physically irreversible. It will not be enough for our Parliament, at that point, to pass an Act repealing the ECA72 and then to simply "tell" them to go. They will not be subject to our Parliament nor to our Queen. They will be subject only to Brussels, and will obey only decisions taken there, decisions taken by majority voting, where we will have only 8% of the vote. It may require physical force to eject them.
The country must be warned.

Destroy the EU - Cannot warn them just now - Emmerdale is on:-)
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Text of the Treaty

http://www.gnr.pt/eurogendfor/pdf/Tr...ishversion.pdf

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Article 6.3 reads as follows:

"Stationing and deployment on the territory of a third State shall be covered by an agreement between the Sending States and the third State specifying the conditions of such stationing and deployment, bearing in mind the fundamental principles of this Treaty."

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That does not seem to me to be quite the same as stating "Article 6.3 of the Treaty of Velsen allows the EU gendarmerie to be deployed in another State with the simple "consent" of that state."
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This is being misinterpreted...

Only countries with an existing Gendarmerie can participate. That rules the UK out.

The force can only deploy with the permission of the host state. It is not the EU's decision.

The force is subject to the laws of the host state.

The "diplomatic immunity" that the force (and their family) enjoys is not diplomatic immunity at all. "Privileges and Immunities" are the same as those enjoyed by the lowliest employees of the EU institutions. For example - during relocation to an overseas post, such as Brussels, an employee is allowed to claim back vat on the cost of furnishing a home. There is also the advantage of a lower income tax rate, although I am not sure if this applies to the Gendarme force.

You also get your driving licence issued in 1 hour, instead of the usual 8 weeks. Nice, but not quite "diplomatic immunity"!

Finally, Turkey is not a member, and its request to join as an observer was vetoed by France. If France had not vetoed this, we are told that at least one other member would have done so.
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