Previously touted as a potential candidate for European Council President, Blair said the fundamental reasons behind European integration had altered.

“The rationale for Europe now is power, not peace,” he told The Timesnewspaper in an interview, adding that European citizens were willing to support this new direction for the European project.

“The crucial thing is to understand that the only way that you will get support for Europe today is not on the basis of a sort of postwar view that the EU is necessary for peace.”

“For my children’s generation, that is just a bizarre argument. They don’t see that as a real threat.”

“What they can understand completely is that in a world in particular in which China is going to become the dominant power of the 21st century, it is sensible for Europe to combine together, to use its collective weight in order to achieve influence.”

European federalists have frequently touted the idea of an elected European leader to lead the 27-member bloc, while more statist politicians fear such a post would greatly undermine their own authority.

In the interview, Blair himself conceded that the idea had “no chance of being accepted at the present time.”

-euobserver.com, 9 June 2011

 Mr. Blair’s advice for Europe to exhibit power without military might is definitely the new direction in which the world is moving. Today, Europe represents the world’s largest economy, the most stable political climate, and the most peaceful continent on earth. Thus, the question: does Europe need an elected “clear leadership?” For now, it seems out of the question. Europe’s diversity will only allow diversity to have its way. The power of one elected person could not fully govern a diverse society—at least not at this time.

            This leads us to the fulfillment of Bible prophecy, namely the final democratic election of Antichrist. Doubtless, this process has been in the works during the entire time of the Gentiles, from approximately 600 B.C. until this day. However, it will be visibly manifested in the not-too-distant future when indeed one person will rule not only Europe, but the entire world. That one person is described in Daniel 11:21: “And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.”

(For more on the Antichrist, read Antichrist Rising, Item 2226.)

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