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Originally posted by Misterlondon
reply to post by metaldemon2000
but I fail to see why a united europe is a bad thing.
it wouldn't be a bad thing and would probably save it.. in an ideal world, in the right hands and with the correct guidance it would be a superpower..
But i cant see some of these nations relinquishing complete power of their countries to a central government, without unrest and conflict.
although the EU has been slowly gaining control and gobbling up nations for years now, so it has a real possibility of happening in the future..
Originally posted by NocturnalPhantom
reply to post by JennaDarling
Now that looks very interesting. I've just bookmarked it so I can read it in bed before I sleep (I use a netbook).
I see it goes into Iraq and all sorts of stuff.
Been along time since I've seen that: it raised a smile! star for you thanks.
Originally posted by JennaDarling
double post.
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in a move aimed at showing the eurozone's largest members are "marching in lockstep" to protect the euro.
Originally posted by NocturnalPhantom
reply to post by triune
Catholicism is only a big deal in southern Europe. Most of eastern Europe is Orthodox, most of northern Europe is protestant. Thankfully most western Europeans have woken up and realised what a load of hokum religion is.
Originally posted by Mimir
Originally posted by NocturnalPhantom
reply to post by triune
Catholicism is only a big deal in southern Europe. Most of eastern Europe is Orthodox, most of northern Europe is protestant. Thankfully most western Europeans have woken up and realised what a load of hokum religion is.
True, and more and more people leave religions entirely and become atheist's or naturelovers.
I bet only 3-5% of the Danish population actually believe in God even thou most are protestant. Only reason most still is a part of the church is for practicality and tradition's.
Diffrent european populations already voted NO multiple times, which poleticians ignored (read my post on 2nd page). Then You have one of the answers why many is against the union.edit on 17-8-2011 by Mimir because: (no reason given)
In 1992 I had unprecedented access to Politburo and Central Committee secret documents which have been classified, and still are even now, for 30 years. These documents show very clearly that the whole idea of turning the European common market into a federal state was agreed between the left-wing parties of Europe and Moscow as a joint project which [Soviet leader Mikhail] Gorbachev in 1988-89 called our “common European home.”
The idea was very simple. It first came up in 1985-86, when the Italian Communists visited Gorbachev, followed by the German Social-Democrats. They all complained that the changes in the world, particularly after [British Prime Minister Margaret] Thatcher introduced privatisation and economic liberalisation, were threatening to wipe out the achievement (as they called it) of generations of Socialists and Social-Democrats – threatening to reverse it completely. Therefore the only way to withstand this onslaught of wild capitalism (as they called it) was to try to introduce the same socialist goals in all countries at once.
Prior to that, the left-wing parties and the Soviet Union had opposed European integration very much because they perceived it as a means to block their socialist goals. From 1985 onwards they completely changed their view. The Soviets came to a conclusion and to an agreement with the left-wing parties that if they worked together they could hijack the whole European project and turn it upside down. Instead of an open market they would turn it into a federal state. According to the [secret Soviet] documents, 1985-86 is the turning point. I have published most of these documents. You might even find them on the internet. But the conversations they had are really eye opening.
For the first time you understand that there is a conspiracy – quite understandable for them, as they were trying to save their political hides. In the East the Soviets needed a change of relations with Europe because they were entering a protracted and very deep structural crisis; in the West the left-wing parties were afraid of being wiped out and losing their influence and prestige. So it was a conspiracy, quite openly made by them, agreed upon, and worked out. In January of 1989, for example, a delegation of the Trilateral Commission came to see Gorbachev. It included [former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro] Nakasone, [former French President Valéry] Giscard d’Estaing, [American banker David] Rockefeller and [former US Secretary of State Henry] Kissinger. They had a very nice conversation where they tried to explain to Gorbachev that Soviet Russia had to integrate into the financial institutions of the world, such as Gatt, the IMF and the World Bank.
In the middle of it Giscard d’Estaing suddenly takes the floor and says: “Mr President, I cannot tell you exactly when it will happen – probably within 15 years – but Europe is going to be a federal state and you have to prepare yourself for that. You have to work out with us, and the European leaders, how you would react to that, how would you allow the other Easteuropean countries to interact with it or how to become a part of it, you have to be prepared.” This was January 1989, at a time when the [1992] Maastricht treaty had not even been drafted. How the hell did Giscard d’Estaing know what was going to happen in 15 years time? And surprise, surprise, how did he become the author of the European constitution [in 2002-03]? A very good question. It does smell of conspiracy, doesn’t it?
Originally posted by JennaDarling
I am also sick and tired of clueless wonders such as the BNP, EDL, and Uk independant political parties that want out of europe and claim to be able to support themselves when infact they would be WORSE off if they done that.