{"id":1081436,"date":"2021-12-03T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1081436"},"modified":"2021-12-03T16:59:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T21:59:03","slug":"eu-has-gone-power-mad-over-covid-restrictions-thank-goodness-we-left-says-farage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-has-gone-power-mad-over-covid-restrictions-thank-goodness-we-left-says-farage\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Has Gone \u2018Power Mad\u2019 over Covid Restrictions, \u2018Thank Goodness We Left\u2019, Says Farage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feu-has-gone-power-mad-over-covid-restrictions-thank-goodness-we-left-says-farage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1081436&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Unvaccinated-lockdown-Austria-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Brexit leader Nigel Farage has exclaimed \u201cthank goodness we left\u201d the European Union in response to reports that the head of the bloc, European Commission boss Ursula von der Leyen, saying mandatory vaccination should be considered, while countries like Greece are threatening to fine senior citizens for every month they go unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have gone power mad in the EU, thank goodness we left,\u201d Nigel Farage <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nigel_Farage\/status\/1466477200564174848?s=20\">remarked<\/a> while tweeting an opinion piece from <em>The Telegraph<\/em> laying bare the countries across the bloc that have instituted some form of Covid authoritarianism.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>On Thursday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that it was \u201cunderstandable and appropriate\u201d to have a bloc-wide discussion about mandatory vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination within the European Union, this needs discussion,\u201d Commission President von der Leyen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/02\/chinafication-of-europe-eu-president-hints-at-bloc-wide-vaccine-mandate\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cThis needs a common approach, but it is a discussion that I think has to be met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The head of the EU\u2019s powerful executive branch made the remarks after her former mentor, outgoing Germany\u2019s Chancellor Angela Merkel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/02\/merkel-announces-restrictions-on-unvaccinated-vote-on-making-jabs-compulsory\/\">announced<\/a> a de facto lockdown on the unvaccinated, excluding them from non-essential retail and leisure facilities. Dr Merkel also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/01\/merkel-successor-sholz-pushes-mandatory-vaccinations-for-germans\/\">said<\/a> that the German parliament will shortly be asked to vote on mandatory vaccination, and that she backs the measure.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Incoming Chancellor Olaf Scholz, of the leftist Social Democrats, is also in favour of making jabs compulsory.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Austria <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/19\/austria-unvaccinated-could-face-prison-as-country-locks-down-and-announces-vaccine-mandate\/\">became<\/a> the first major country in Europe to introduce a nationwide vaccine mandate, starting in February, with those who refuse facing fines or possibly prison if penalties are not paid.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Greece will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/02\/greece-to-fine-unvaccinated-elderly-100-euros-per-month\/\">fine<\/a> those aged 60 and over&nbsp;\u20ac100 (\u00a385\/$113) every month if they are not vaccinated, starting in the New Year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.9047619047619\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mass demonstrations erupted across Europe on Saturday with anti-lockdown protests being staged in Vienna, Rome, and The Netherlands. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gyqNiesWQ3\">https:\/\/t.co\/gyqNiesWQ3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1462456379621494793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Italy will also be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/02\/e1000-fine-for-taking-a-train-while-unvaccinated-and-untested-in-italy\/\">fining<\/a> citizens&nbsp;\u20ac600 (\u00a3511\/$679) to \u20ac1000 (\u00a3851\/$1,133) if they travel on public transport without the Covid passport known as the Green Pass, which proves vaccination, recent recovery, or a negative test result. Italy will also institute the Super Green Pass, which excludes test results. Those without the new passport will be restricted from such activities as indoor dining.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Netherlands and Belgium, meanwhile, have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/29\/dutch-govt-imposes-lockdown-curfew-bars-restaurants-cinemas-non-essential-stores\/\">locking down<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/02\/belgium-further-tighten-lockdown-friday\/\">imposing<\/a> more restrictions in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The wave of restrictions across Europe has given rise to protests in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/21\/tens-of-thousands-protest-in-brussels-against-belgium-lockdown-measures\/\">Brussels<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/20\/thousands-protest-upcoming-lockdown-in-vienna\/\">Vienna<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/21\/watch-europe-erupts-in-protest-against-lockdowns-vax-mandates\/\">Rome<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/20\/two-shot-police-open-fire-rotterdam-lockdown-protests-turn-violent\/\">Rotterdam.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, inside or outside of the EU, Britons may find themselves subject to their own vaccine mandate unless citizens continue to go along with government inoculation programmes, with a senior Tory party and government figure refusing several times to rule out mandatory vaccination or lockdowns for the unvaccinated on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not something that we want to do or plan to do in the United Kingdom. The reason why we don\u2019t want to and hopefully won\u2019t have to do any of that is because of the booster,\u201d&nbsp;Conservative Party co-chairman Oliver Dowden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/03\/uk-govt-wont-mandate-jabs-as-long-as-people-keep-taking-the-booster-says-minister\/\">warned<\/a>&nbsp;on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo as long as people, when they get the call up, take that booster jab \u2014 it\u2019ll be open to everyone by the end of January \u2014 I\u2019m confident that\u2026 we\u2019ll be able to withstand even given the challenges of this new variant,\u201d Mr Dowden added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.7325581395349\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK Govt Won\u2019t Mandate Jabs as Long as \u2018People Keep Taking the Booster\u2019, Says Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OCSL2g6HLO\">https:\/\/t.co\/OCSL2g6HLO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1466767174429777944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brexit leader Nigel Farage has exclaimed \u201cthank goodness we left\u201d the European Union in response to reports that the head of the bloc, European Commission boss Ursula von der Leyen, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1081436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1081436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1081436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1081436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1081436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1081436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}