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I agree with what VDH is writing in thie piece. I have always believed the EU is destined to fail.
Now with Francois Hollande leading a socialist French government, I would expect he and German PM Angela Merkel to clash over economic policies. We’ll see if the diverging interests of these and other nations cause the EU to unravel or if the Euros can find ways to truly unite.
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Bob Levin Sun, May 6, 2012 9:14:09pm |
I don’t think it will matter. Today he’s a socialist. Tomorrow he’s a pragmatist.
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researchok Mon, May 7, 2012 12:59:50am |
I don’t believe the EU will dissolve but in it’s current form it is unsustainable.
There is already too much integration (business, transportation, distribution, etc) for that too happen.
However, the financial integration has been a disaster, with even more chasms ahead. Germany cannot be called upon to finance every bailout for nations which are not fiscally responsible- a matter that has nothing to do with current austerity problems.
When politicians from some nations buy votes with promises of massive handouts there is a fundamental problem that has to be addressed.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, May 7, 2012 2:32:01am |
everything is destined to fail :)
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Romantic Heretic Mon, May 7, 2012 4:49:10am |
Europe had better hope the EU succeeds.
In a world of global business only very large national entities like the U.S., Russia and China will thrive. Anything smaller can be held hostage.
“Do this the business community will demand or we leave.” Medium and small nations will have to knuckle under because their economies will fail if they don’t.
It is a case of “We hang together or we hang separately.”
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(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Tue, May 8, 2012 3:51:27am |
A load of bullshit from VDH. There is no going back to a Europe of fractioned pre-EU days, and everyone except European communists, neonazis, and American anti-communist gloaters know that. I doubt VDH, who in here only offers ideologically skewered ramblings on Europe’s history and nationalistic nonsense axioms paraded as insights, even understands what the EU is.
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