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Instead Of A Britain Bashing Thread Let's Have A
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how fantastic things are in the EU thread...off you go, I'm all ears.
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I could post the same for Ireland, SP but I'll refrain except for one.
Joining the EU meant the end of the marriage bar for Irish women. The government and the Catholic Church were responsible, for different reasons, for this. I was delighted to see the Catholic Church defeated and many, many women are thankful to the EU for the change it made to their lives.
I doubt you'd get one woman here to vote to leave now. :-)
Joining the EU meant the end of the marriage bar for Irish women. The government and the Catholic Church were responsible, for different reasons, for this. I was delighted to see the Catholic Church defeated and many, many women are thankful to the EU for the change it made to their lives.
I doubt you'd get one woman here to vote to leave now. :-)
Another EU advantage is the Euro; I have travelled through a number of EU countries without the need to have a plethora of different currencies.
That said, even I would not advocate the UK join the Euro until it has been shown to work for at least 50 years – the whole thing almost came crashing down with Greece and it could happen again.
The danger the Euro presents to those countries who have adopted it is their risk, and the travellers’ advantage (but a big plus to businesses, doing business across Euro adopted countries).
That said, even I would not advocate the UK join the Euro until it has been shown to work for at least 50 years – the whole thing almost came crashing down with Greece and it could happen again.
The danger the Euro presents to those countries who have adopted it is their risk, and the travellers’ advantage (but a big plus to businesses, doing business across Euro adopted countries).
royfromaus
Are you asking people to summarise economic and social conditions for 27 separate countries?
Not feasible is it?
Not really.
You could point to housing supply in Germany and conclude that great strides are being made, which could easily be countered with the argument that in southern Greece the housing market has stagnated.
Funding for the armed forces in France is at its highest level since the 70s, but in Italy it’s dropped 3% etc etc…
For any positive fiscal / societal measure you get, you could always counter it with an example from one of the other 26 countries.
It makes your question an abstract.
Are you asking people to summarise economic and social conditions for 27 separate countries?
Not feasible is it?
Not really.
You could point to housing supply in Germany and conclude that great strides are being made, which could easily be countered with the argument that in southern Greece the housing market has stagnated.
Funding for the armed forces in France is at its highest level since the 70s, but in Italy it’s dropped 3% etc etc…
For any positive fiscal / societal measure you get, you could always counter it with an example from one of the other 26 countries.
It makes your question an abstract.
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