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By 2004, the EU will have a population of half a billion.
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I see that there people who are very optimistic with the EU. However, we are still
depending on our "dad", the United States, in order to defend from terrorism. Each
EU country acts according to theirs respective local interests and we cannot be agreement
with almost anything.
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EU will collapse in five years. Then they will beg USA to help them out again.
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SS, I can garantee you that the EU will not collapse in five years.
Europeans like the Idea that the US has military bases in Europe. This is an excellent
situation for Europeans, because it is the American tax payers that are paying for
them to "defend" this continent.
Last century was Americas, this century it is Europe's. But don't get upset about
it.....At the end of the day, its YOU that counts, you can be a poor bastard and
live in a rich country.
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Ed,
That's not exactly true. The money comes from NATO member countries and the country
the base is located at. For instance, Germany and Japan pay one hell of a lot of
money to the US forces.
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Europe has no dynamism and is too small and poor. London is the only international
city that educated workers can find well paid jobs.
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Europe is certainly interesting and culturally diverse. In 5 years, big cities like
Berlin and Paris will be more developed. Many people will be able to find more interesting
jobs in various European cities not only London and EU will provide more economic
and political freedom to Europeans.
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I am not against the EU but believe it hasn't done a whole lot of good. I believe
that the death penalty should be reinstated in Britain for murderers. The EU disagrees.
The EU wanted to release child killers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady early. Why it is
beyond me!! They want to lower prison sentences. They want to take control of completely
different economies and shuffle them together in the hope that they will prosper.
The result is a failure. All Euro countries have benefited little from the Euro and
all former superpowers of Europe including France, Germany and this week Portuagal
are seemingly begging Britain to join. I'll never allow it and I doubt other people
in Britain will judging from recent polls. The united countries of Europe would not
work particularly well because of teh variety of wealth of langauges of the area.
The union though is an ok idea as I believe america should be competed against.
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Marushka
I totally agree with you and I really hope there are lots more out there
it scares me at times the way the Eu has too much say.
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I agree, and I know several more who do.
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The EU had nothing to do with Hindley and Brady. You're confusing it with the European
Court of er... something or other which is either in Strasbourg or Geneva.
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No Union Jack....
not all Americans think they're the biggest and baddest at everything....that's
just your pig-headed prejudice once again (typical of a European leftist-type).
While I'm proud to be an American, I will definitely admit that the country is far
from perfect and has made its fair share of mistakes. However for the sake of conversation,
the US is often criticized for shady dealings of selling missiles etc to the Middle
East. However, France and Germany (powerful EU nations who claim to represent European
pacifism) have had their own fair share of shady dealings with the Middle East as
well.
Oh well, perhaps someday the EU will be the world superpower and we can all sit back,
laugh at you and criticize all of you for your hypocrisy. Whoever wields the most
power Jack will always bear the brunt of insults and criticism.
P.S. Don't you ever get tired of the same old song and dance you write about each
time you post a message.
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"Right now, there is actually a building of an Empire, its called the European Union
and by 2010. It is expected to have A very bigger population A bigger economy A bigger
military A bigger influence Than the USA."
maybe D...and more power to you....then we Americans can sit back and watch the masses
turn against all of you "Enlightened" Europeans. You know the powerful nations will
get greedy...c'mon it's only a matter of time. C'mon now...Germany, France, England....you
don't think they'll want a bigger more forceful piece of the pie if the EU becomes
the new hegemon. And when they do D, we'll be laughing and making fun of all of
you (the citizens of the new superpower) with the rest of the world....much like
what you guys do now.
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People, people! We all know that without English there would be no American!
All American is is a mutated form of the English language!
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The European court of human rights is still connected to the EU. The EU does however
have a plus point. You can travel between countries without a passport, unless travelling
to and from the UK where there are border controls. If a union or superpower was
created what language would it use? Every country would want their own language to
be incorporated. Translators are extremely costly and going to cost more when more
countries join. When and if the countries are united they will want to be independant
again like with other empires and the situation will end up where it started in 1965
ish. Keep the pound and get rid of the Euro. For some reason all of Europe wants
Britain to join teh Euro, as if it the whole union and currency will flop without
us. They have lost their freedom and are jealous we still have ours.
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