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I am finding myself doing an increasing amount of international work, some in the EU, some not and some of the financial and political abuses that go on within the EU, especially its newer members are quite incredible.
The UK didn't get to vote on the proposed constitution in 2005 so I don't know what the result may have been. I suspect it would have been NO, but I also suspect that rejection would have been largely for the wrong reasons.
While I am in, in principle, in favour of greater EU integration, or even expansion I would support it only if it's accompanied by far greater accountability by it's institutions, less obsession with trivia and a detirmination to deal properly its more obvious inequities.
I am certainly in favour of joining the Euro and unconvinced by most of the arguments against it. These seem rooted more deeply in blatant self interest and political dogma than sound economic theory, whatever that really is. Of course, there is also the giving up the Pound = giving up sovereignty argument to deal with.....please.
Of course the Euro was created primarily for political rather than economic reasons but given that most real arguments for and against it today are made by economists I think that's increasingly moot. It's a risk of course but then so is extended prevarication.
When the next UK general election is announced in 2008(?) I think the latent Euro-sceptiscm of many in the UK will be exploited by the Tories on the back of a (disguised) rascially motivated immigration theme. The UK is part of Europe, I have always failed to understand fully why the Tories don't seem able to get that. I mean, I know why they don't 'politically', and, perhaps historically but in reality many actually, genuinely seem unable to grasp that concept.
There's a fair few EU members here, any comments on potential greater integration or the UK joining the Euro, preferably without cliche nationalistic - Thatcher had the right attitude - yes, in many ways she did, then - overtones?
EU leaders clinch reform treaty deal - Yahoo! News UK
The UK didn't get to vote on the proposed constitution in 2005 so I don't know what the result may have been. I suspect it would have been NO, but I also suspect that rejection would have been largely for the wrong reasons.
While I am in, in principle, in favour of greater EU integration, or even expansion I would support it only if it's accompanied by far greater accountability by it's institutions, less obsession with trivia and a detirmination to deal properly its more obvious inequities.
I am certainly in favour of joining the Euro and unconvinced by most of the arguments against it. These seem rooted more deeply in blatant self interest and political dogma than sound economic theory, whatever that really is. Of course, there is also the giving up the Pound = giving up sovereignty argument to deal with.....please.
Of course the Euro was created primarily for political rather than economic reasons but given that most real arguments for and against it today are made by economists I think that's increasingly moot. It's a risk of course but then so is extended prevarication.
When the next UK general election is announced in 2008(?) I think the latent Euro-sceptiscm of many in the UK will be exploited by the Tories on the back of a (disguised) rascially motivated immigration theme. The UK is part of Europe, I have always failed to understand fully why the Tories don't seem able to get that. I mean, I know why they don't 'politically', and, perhaps historically but in reality many actually, genuinely seem unable to grasp that concept.
There's a fair few EU members here, any comments on potential greater integration or the UK joining the Euro, preferably without cliche nationalistic - Thatcher had the right attitude - yes, in many ways she did, then - overtones?
EU leaders clinch reform treaty deal - Yahoo! News UK