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soooo the EU
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i personally am happy to be in the EU, however i do think it needs to be streamlined much more and its powers for which overrides national powers to be sorted out
like i read that recently in a very long and complicated EU document there is a thing of keeping everyones fingerprints to be shared across the EU - like i swear we didn't sign up for that sort of control
like i read that recently in a very long and complicated EU document there is a thing of keeping everyones fingerprints to be shared across the EU - like i swear we didn't sign up for that sort of control
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Apparently the Eu has less administration than the BBC! So not sure if it need streamlining at all to be honest
I swear that I didn`t sign up for ANYTHING.
"We" didn't sign up to the EU at all.
Did you just plcuk that figure out of thin air of do you have any evidence which would bak it up.
I don't like the EU and it's doesn't help the discussion if you make false allegations like that...
What powers may they be then?
I hate the fact a lot of people make out we're being run by Brussels. It's idiotic, there are only a few aspects where the EU has suprantional power over soveriegn states, mainly concerning the environment and social working policies.
Exactly what I'm talking about.
You do know that Britain has a major influence on EU policy decision making? That the UK, it's EU Commission, Parliament members and Prime Minister all have a say what the EU does or does not do? Do you really believe that Belgium and Belgium alone constitutes the whole of the EU?
if you noticed i wasnt saying it has too many powers id just wish they were more clearly defined
Aye it's a bit confusing.
There's 3 pillars of EU governance, one is supranational and other two are inter-governmental. Loada bollocks.
We've made quite a few already.
And until the above is achieved I think it will be difficult to demystify and democratise the EU and make it seem more direct and applicable to EU citizens.
With many different languages I think it will remain difficult for European politics to be viewed with a similar common understanding by people of all EU member states. Overcoming the language barrier is an important and necessary step. In addition to their mother tongue every child in the EU should really be learning two additional European languages - and this should start in primary school. (This is the case in some European countries already).
Part of Britain's problem with the EU is that our influence is limited because we do not act like a full and functioning member. Take the Euro for instance, it is quite plausible that had we not stayed out, the European Central Bank would be in London.
name another common market and i will buy you a lifetimes worth of buckfast.
at least if im wrong thats one politics student dead...
What do you mean by "another" common market?
ETA: Do you mean with other continental institutions worldwide? If so, then I agree.
Thats rubbish. The ECB was always going to be German. They were the only ones with the credibility to keep inflation low whatever the costs.
That`s a sentient being you are talking about.......isn`t it ? :chin:
Use a search engine and look up what a common market is.
that wasnt a serious comment
I know what a common market is. You said we need a common market agreement and I'm confused by what you mean by this.
I thought not.
I guess that`s why I laughed.
Perhaps - but London being a major financial centre it would have made some sense for the ECB to be in London. However, the ECB was always going to have to be within the Eurozone and since Britain was never going to immediately join the Euro nobody would seriously consider London.
Sure it has some advantages, but I think it's loosing strength :chin: