4. Five good reasons to be Eurosceptic and Five good reasons to be Pro- European in Europe today? Eurosceptic: 1. The EU is flawed. 2. The EU is less democratic than many would like. 3. The EU is remote from the people, and often seems deliberately so. 4. Parts of the EU organisational structure are secretive and protective of their own interests. 5. There is some evidence of corruption in some parts of the EU's organisation. Pro-EU: 1. The ideal of bringing people together for mutual benefit is a fundamentally good one. 2. The EU does aid intra-European trade 3. The EU has eased intra-European travel. 4. The EU has helped break down barriers and increase understandings and friendships between nations and the people of those nations 5. The EU allows for regular, multi-level contact between the governments and state machinery of every member state in an absolutely unprecedented manner, allowing for a level of interaction that is entirely impossible using traditional methods of international diplomacy - used properly this can be an incredibly powerful, beneficial tool for all parties.
Eurosceptic:
1. The EU is flawed. 2. The EU is less democratic than many would like. 3. The EU is remote from the people, and often seems deliberately so. 4. Parts of the EU organisational structure are secretive and protective of their own interests. 5. There is some evidence of corruption in some parts of the EU's organisation.
Pro-EU:
1. The ideal of bringing people together for mutual benefit is a fundamentally good one. 2. The EU does aid intra-European trade 3. The EU has eased intra-European travel. 4. The EU has helped break down barriers and increase understandings and friendships between nations and the people of those nations 5. The EU allows for regular, multi-level contact between the governments and state machinery of every member state in an absolutely unprecedented manner, allowing for a level of interaction that is entirely impossible using traditional methods of international diplomacy - used properly this can be an incredibly powerful, beneficial tool for all parties.
I wish it would be more than that, but nosemonkey certainly 'got' the point of the intergovernmental part. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
I think 65 years of peace between former mortal enemies and rivals who used to kill each other by the millions is also worth a mention in its own right. notes from no w here
Unswerving subservience to the American Imperium is the only thing keeping the nations of western Europe from warring amongst themselves, or being conquered by the wily bear.