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| Why the European Union Is Failing |
| 2017-06-29 |
| [American Thinker] What will the future of the European Union be? Bruce Thornton projects a solution to their future that lies in the EU showing greater respect for the diversity of cultures of its member states. He states, "The challenge facing Europe today is not just reforming its economies or crafting saner immigration policies. It is whether the EU leadership can allow a greater recognition of and respect for the member nations’ distinct identities and sovereignty...." In short, there needs to be a better balance between the EU continental/globalist aspirations and the national identities and aspirations of the member states. To some degree we can see the EU as using the USA as a model of federalism. Just as our states came together to form a "more perfect union," the European member states, beginning with the Treaty of Rome in 1954, have worked step-by-step to build a common economy and other areas of integrated policy and action. The parts of Europe coordinated to form the whole known as the European Union, just as the thirteen original colonies coalesced in a spirit of unity to form our national entity. Yet, the net result to this point was not to create a European government per se, although that may well be on the horizon, but to create a bureaucratic network of rules and regulations, a common currency (the Euro), and joint rapid reaction forces (separate from NATO). These rapid reaction forces are subordinate to the European Union Military Staff, and complement other EU military forces. The existence of a military program managed by the EU often comes as a surprise to those who think of the EU as a purely economic arrangement. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 The European Union represents the interests of the European Union. They don't represent the people, obviously. I mean, eww. Deplorables. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy7309 2017-06-29 22:41 |
| #13 "Uncouth" is on the back of my "I am a deplorable" shirt. |
| Posted by: Thumper 2017-06-29 20:49 |
| #12 Power... and jealousy that those uncouth Americans had somehow managed to create a world power out of 13 hardscrabble colonies. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-06-29 20:36 |
| #11 #8 grom - Power, of course. Britain was an idiot to get involved beyond the Common Market. (So were the others, but they're idiots anyway.) |
| Posted by: Barbara 2017-06-29 20:20 |
| #10 :-) |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-06-29 17:17 |
| #9 g(r)omgoru : Don't know - I still haven't figured why they wanted European Union, as distinct from European Common market, in the first place. The Carolingian Empire 2.0? France-Belgium-Germany wanted an Empire and everbody else wanted Free Stuff©! Of course Brexit was when England finally figured out they were going to be left paying the bill after the party was over. |
| Posted by: magie 2017-06-29 17:16 |
| #8 Why the European Union Is Failing Don't know - I still haven't figured why they wanted European Union, as distinct from European Common market, in the first place. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-06-29 16:00 |
| #7 Why is the EU failing? The great majority of citizens do not want to reproduce, live for today, and do not value their culture and history. They are being out bred by muslims from the ME and south Med, who want the bennies, but do not contribute to the European culture. So it is an invasion by people who do not give a rat's behind about European values, other than what they can grab in material goods. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-06-29 15:54 |
| #6 Define failure. Like Obama, it's not failure if it is accomplishing its intended purpose. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-06-29 13:54 |
| #5 Or the Fourth Reich... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-06-29 11:46 |
| #4 EUSSR: The Soviet roots of European Integration - Vladimir Bukovsky Er because it's a soviet idea? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-06-29 10:35 |
| #3 Why is it failing? Is it because the EU doesn't act in the best interests of the individual countries? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-29 09:32 |
| #2 Why did the Soviet Union fail? At least the Chinese caught on that the religious adherence to orthodoxy was the path to failure. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-06-29 08:33 |
| #1 Why the European Union Is Failing "Hey, I have a great idea! Let us put unelected bureaucrats in charge." Enough said. |
| Posted by: Thumper 2017-06-29 07:45 |