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Old May 26th, 2003, 09:20 PM       
Very interesting. Now there are fifteen nations in the EU currently yes? Or have I missed some headlines?

Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Greece, Spain, Portuga, Austria, Finland, and Sweden.

Now what are the ten countries they refer to, because I understood there were twelve, namely: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia and Turkey.

I don't like it. . .If they continue merging patterns as they have since the EU's conception in 1950, we may begin to see a rather confrontational and unfriendly economic superpower emerging over the next 35 years. This could be disasterous for the future of American influence. With the introduction of a less economically based, and more politically based, governing body, those countries comprising the EU may be relegated into a similar relationship as our states enjoy with the Government.

Not a pretty picture for the future of democracy. A polity like that would be too vast and encompassing to reflect the will of the people. Democracy works best when it is limited. The greater multiplicity in viewpoints offered, the more slowly and mismanaged the polity becomes.
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