time for some european politics

[Occhidiangela]

For someone who likes to tell all non USA people to not coment or have opinion on US issues and stay out of such threads, like their elections and how it works, it seems strange that the very same person likes to completely ignore his own views and start telling and disucssing such "out of US" things. Ah well, I guess someone doesn't like to play by their own rules.....
PS! We still need to find something Swedish.....
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If you don't care for my analysis, fine, point out the holes. Little opinion offered, analysis and interest based in personal experience. And eppie solicited opinions. I obliged.

Why do I care? I worked neck and neck with allegedly "United Europeans" for 3 straight years. I lived 9 years of my life in Europe . . . and have friends there. :unsure: ?

If "Europe" can ever unite enough to stop sucking the milk from the American security nipple, my nation's GDP share for defense can decrease. That is a good thing, for me, but is contingent upon a "United Europe" pulling its head out on collective security.

If the leadership remains the folks who came up with that 450+ pages, not likely but still possible.

My analysis of the EU Constitution: it is structurally more Federalistic than ours. That is not opnions, that is analysis of what was written. Yes, I read the whole goddamned thing. :o I had my fill of bureaucratic crap like that in NATO, but I guess nostalgia is a powerful force.

I will second your notion, Jarulf, and second your motion that for flavor at least, a bit more Stockholm and a bit less Brussels would probably please more palates across the EU.

At least, that is my guess.

Maybe "Europeans" are so used to the McGovernment from Brussels that their political taste buds have rotted, like American taste buds may have on McDonald's. But since the EU is only a part of the play, and the real government is at home in most respects, my other guess is that the taste buds are still able to discern swill from good goulash.

For the sake of my friends in Europe, I sincerely hope so.

PS: eppie asked for opinions, and I obliged. I did NOT start this thread. Save your hypocrisy crack for another time, I am sure one will arise. :blush:

Occhi