Re: The rise and rise of the EU -- British Empire

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Date Posted: 09:48:56 01/08/08 Tue
Author: RMW Stanford
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Subject: Re: The rise and rise of the EU
In reply to: Herodotus 's message, "Re: The rise and rise of the EU" on 19:47:54 12/28/07 Fri

>The EU probably would have been better off limiting
>itself to Western Europe and possibly limiting
>expansion to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia.
>With expansion into Eastern Europe and the Balkans the
>bloc has become too big and even more politically
>disunified. Also, most of these countries like Poland,
>Romania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav states are
>poor and likely to be an economic burden that will
>hamper the EU for decades to come.

Thats a good point, but one benefit of adding the poor countries, particular if the western countries open there bodies, it could help to balance out some of the economic problems from fewer workers in the systems. Of course on the other hand if migrants workers have very low productivity they could be a burden on the system.

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>>The EU probably would have been better off limiting >>itself to Western Europe and possibly limiting >>expansion to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia. >>With expansion into Eastern Europe and the Balkans the >>bloc has become too big and even more politically >>disunified. Also, most of these countries like Poland, >>Romania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav states are >>poor and likely to be an economic burden that will >>hamper the EU for decades to come. > >Thats a good point, but one benefit of adding the poor >countries, particular if the western countries open >there bodies, it could help to balance out some of the >economic problems from fewer workers in the systems. >Of course on the other hand if migrants workers have >very low productivity they could be a burden on the >system.
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