 |
| |
|
|
Zulu Elephant
|
|
I'm trying to avoid loaded terms such as ‘superstate’ (I’ve always wondered why people against the EU refer to a ‘European Superstate’ rather than an ‘EU State’ or a ‘single European state – Why does it have to be ‘super’? If anyone’s got any ideas, perhaps they could post them)
Anyway, this is a thread about whether you are for or against the idea of a European Single State (SES) in principle. This means that if you think that you could support calls for a SES so long as the EU became more democratic/decentralised/whatever then you should vote yes in the poll.
I’ve divided the poll into varies areas of the world so as to be able to ascertain whether certain sections are more pro or anti than others. Sorry about the vagueness – I just thought that the first three might hold distinct views.
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Proteus_MST
|
|
Yes, and like Solver I´d like to have the States within the EU preserve alot of their Independence, of course their Cultural Identity and their Language.
But I hope to see it within the next 20 years, or at least steps taken into this direction.
I think there should be one Foreign Policy in this unified Europa and one Army. Within the Justice and Laws I could imagine some kind of Semi Independence, where the Laws of every single Country should meet certain Prerequisites, but every country also has things, where it alone decides what to do. For example, the EU declares that no Memberstate should have no Death Penalty, but that every Memberstate could decide if Marijuana islegal or illegal (although I think this is just Utopia, as the Drug Policy in every Memberstate should be the same, as a Unified Europe would also mean free trade within its Bprders and therefore it could be very unproductive to have a Drug in one Memberstate legalized whereas it is illegal in another Memberstate).
|
|
| |
|
|
|
mrmitchell
|
|
Yes. I think Europe would make a fine state. But how would we work the 51th star into the flag?
|
|
| |
|
|
|
OliverFA
|
|
Leeds, UK
Sep 2002
time: 06:30
|
|
I support it IF it doesn't become and extension of France or Germany. A united Europe, yes. A Europe in which those two countries control all the others... no thanks.
|
|
| |
|
|
|
our_man
|
 |
Glasgow, Scotland
Oct 2000
time: 05:30
|
|
I voted "no (I'm none of the above)", even though this was probably meant for people in another continent, because Ireland isn't in Continental Europe, and we're not in Britain either. So I picked the best fit, yet our precarious geographical position it seems has not been considered in yet another Apolyton poll. 
To more serious matters. I'm completely against any further political integration in Europe. The EEC was founded originally to be a trade organization, and I believe it should stay that way. Ireland would lose out if there were further integration - as it is we have a greater amount of power than we should have if dictated by our population relative to other European countries. If the EU were to become more democratic, we would lose this. I don't like the idea of a common European constitution superceding our own, or having to get in line when Brussels says so.
By all means, let's use a common currency and forge closer economic links, but let's try and keep our independence. Ireland had to fight hard for it, and I certainly don't believe something obtained at such a dear price should be surrendered.
|
|
| |
All times are GMT. The time now is 05:30.
Apolyton Time is 00:30. |
top of page
|
| archivepost |
|
Forum Rules:
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is ON
vB code is ON
Smilies are ON
[IMG] code is ON
|
|
|
|
|
|
09-08-2003 04:07
|