What's happening to EU?

[Winner]

The economic integration is complete. We can't go further than the single market economically speaking ! Actually, the only way to complete economic integration would be to go further in the political integration ! Indeed, we need more coordination in budgetary policies from the EU zone, and we also need a common foreign policy. Foreign policies' interests are very often intertwined with international trade interests.

No, it isn't. The main branch of european economy, the services, still aren't liberalised. The member states still lay barriers for it. After the common market will be really free, we can think about a further progress. And of course, the EU need some time to fully accept new members, this alone will take about a decade (the old members can use this time to make profound reforms of their economies). In this time, Europe will have to suspend some if its ambitions to ensure it will be able to achieve something in the future.

Last year, I was an optimist, I thought the liberalisation will be finished soon and after that, real political integration begins. Now I know I was naive. Things are going much slower than I expected, so we'll have to wait, because there aren't any other options. EU is now deadlocked and any forced attempt for pushing through the political int. would lead to disaster. It would be like driving a car with only three wheels. We must install the last wheel first, only then we can drive the car

If there's no men to prepare the future, there's no future. Winner.

That's exactly what I am talking about.

 

[Scuffer]

So ? If Airbus moves out of Toulouse to go in Strasbourg. I don't see how this would be better for people working in Toulouse.

That's exactly my point. What's good for Europe is good for everyone. But it can be better for some than others. Airbus might be good for Europe wherever it is based, but is extra good for Toulouse if it is based there.

 

[Kosez]

Eurocrates have made a fundamental mistake. They started to regulate even the smallest details. We all know the legend about curved pickels. It's nonsense.
You can't standardize everything, Dutch cheese can't be made the same way as French or Italian. And even if it could, that wouldn't help nobody.
Eurocrates in Brussels started to interfere in as many things possible in order to justify their existance and their enormous salaries.
People in France and Netherlands realized that, British knew that for a long time. So I think its a good think constitution fell, cause it would not make any difference on that level.
Now is up to European leaders to make some reforms about EU institutions. I say: less is more!

About financial perspective: Old European countries don't want to give new ones more than absolute minimum. They wan't to keep their privileges for themselves. That goes especially for countries that were getting more than they were giving. They don't want to change it. They don't want workers from east neither. OK, fine. But then they shouldn't ask for open market neither. Its easiest thing to do, exploit new countries without any negative effects.
And funniest thing, most of newcomers agree with that.
We can thank god there's Blair on horizon. Despite the fact our politicians try to blaim him for not getting splinters of EU budget as fast as possible, so they'll be able to patch up their budgets.

Sometimes I wish America hadn't leave after WWII.
(bad joke I'm affraid)