19-05-2013, 12:22 PM
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I'm just intrigued as to how many countries have actually benefitted from being in the EU. If we are going to have a referendum, it would be nice to have some facts on which to base a proper opinion. It was stated that Greece, Spain and Italy have all fared worse since joining and possibly due to:'The EU was doing just fine, until it decided to swallow up all those central and eastern European countries.
The EU and in-turn single Euro currency grew too quickly and too fast.
They still haven't learnt their lesson with former Yogoslav nations set to join the EU in the next 2 years.
Western European nations increasingly look at the EU with resentment as our taxpayers pay more and more towards the EU budget, receiving little reward whilst eastern bloc countries enjoy handsomely at our expense.
I remember that day Poland was admitted into the EU and Tony Blair gave his speech in Warsaw; "the EU should be a super-power not super-state". . . guess they ignored him. *sigh* '
(taken from http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn....needs-britain/ )
I tend to have more faith in forums as the arguments become balanced out by argument/counter-argument and somewhere in the middle lies the truth! Politicians and those with a vested interest in the continuance of anything, I never trust.
20-05-2013, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by tomcat
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A lot of Muslim trouble there ..
20-05-2013, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by mindbender
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Belgium? - don't trust forums!
20-05-2013, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Wrinkly
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Trust me Brussells isn't at all like you think, it is so bad, that my daughter who lives there, brings her car home on the ferry, and goes back with goods, filled to the gunnels, because it is cheaper here.
Arthur matey - Q.E.D. - haven't you just proved yet another reason to come out of Europe???
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