A Pan-German Plan
Who or what nation may be behind this major alteration of the political map? Why should the national boundaries of Europe have to be altered?
Who or what nation may be behind this major alteration of the political map? Why should the national boundaries of Europe have to be altered?
Back in 1995 former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl referred to a region of England by the ancient name of Mercia. This caused an uproar and a major debate in the British House of Lords. Some members of the House understood what was meant—Mercia might become a province of a United States of Europe.
The Sept. 3 Sunday Telegraph feature article pinpointed Germany as the principal country pushing what one observer called a "conspiracy of cartographers."
It noted that "the Conservative Party [in Britain] fears that the Germans, who are among the most vocal supporters of transnationality, will use it as a tool to dismantle the nation states by strengthening and enhancing the regional templates when they [the Germans] take over the EU presidency next year [2007]." It has been viewed as "the first step of a Berlin-inspired masterplan."
Last June, German Federal cabinet minister Wolfgang Tiefensee stated:
"Even if scepticism about Europe is sometimes widespread and the work on
a constitution for Europe needs to regain momentum, there is the great hope
underlying the goal of a United Europe that we can permanently overcome old
borders" (Sunday Express, Sept. 3)
This insightful piece added that "transnational regions are key to Germany's
masterplan for its six-month EU presidency starting next May. It wants to forward
a 'territorial agenda framework' to extend transnationality and facilitate
transEuropean territorial integrity." WNP
An Article from:
World News and Prophecy: November 2006
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John Ross Schroeder
John died on March 8, 2014, in Oxford, England, four days after suffering cardiac arrest while returning home from a press event in London. John was 77 and still going strong.
Some of John's work for The Good News appeared under his byline, but much didn't. He wrote more than a thousand articles over the years, but also wrote the Questions and Answers section of the magazine, compiled our Letters From Our Readers, and wrote many of the items in the Current Events and Trends section. He also contributed greatly to a number of our study guides and Bible Study Course lessons. His writing has touched the lives of literally millions of people over the years.
John traveled widely over the years as an accredited journalist, especially in Europe. His knowledge of European and Middle East history added a great deal to his articles on history and Bible prophecy.
In his later years he also pastored congregations in Northern Ireland and East Sussex, and that experience added another dimension to his writing. He and his wife Jan were an effective team in our British Isles office near their home.
John was a humble servant who dedicated his life to sharing the gospel—the good news—of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God to all the world, and his work was known to readers in nearly every country of the world.
