What good has European Union done for you?

[ajbera]

Straighter bananas!!!

[Sandman]

Clean beaches regulations.

[Harovan]

Nothing.

At least nothing good.

[Q Classic]

Actually, I can't think of anything the EU has done for me, personally.

[duke o' york]

Odd, that.

[germanos]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Dracon, they're just whining - official statistics show no noticeable inflation as a result of introducing Euro, in any of the countries.

Now I understand you want to join the EU.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Adalbertus
- Coolest frontiers on earth. Do you like to see a building in normal use with the west half in Netherlands and the east part in Germany? Go to Kerkrade/Herzogenrath. You won't notice the frontier - except that on the one side of the road number plates of cars are white, on the other side yellow.

The European usage of the word "fronteer" drives me crazy, thats a BORDER!

[Odin]

Originally posted by Oerdin


Yeah, until the Department of Homeland Security started arresting people for driving down the street to buy gasoline as a gas station many border towns were effectively one town. It's weird how there's no signs and the two tiny towns have merged into one town with the grocery store on one side of the border while the gas station in on the other side, but, DoHLS wants to arrest people for illegal entry for living as they've lived for 150 years in that town.

The US and Canada need to have EU-style open borders and free trade between them.

[germanos]

On a more serious note:

The EU has done little for me, neither for anybody else.

If anything, it's been the member states who have done a lot for the EU, and all of the profits and benefits reached have been due to cooperation between the member states.
There is not really a thing as the EU that does things, and unless there is a decent parliament (you know, the legislative kind) in Brussels, it better stays that way.

VetLegion, don't expect the EU to do anything for you, you will be disappoimnted.

[Odin]

Originally posted by germanos

neither for anybody else.

Unless your French, and leech off the other countries.

[duke o' york]

"King of the wild front ear!"

Odin: bof!

[Pekka]

Well .. I think the advantages are more spiritual than real. For example things got more expensive whan the opposite was expected. However that's not really the fault of EU, it came with adopting the Euro and when the selling folks just decided to 'round up' the figures up. However, this is not directly the fault or the idea of EU. MOre like some folks benefitting that is not the people.

Advantages hmm.. well, for one I don't have to change currency when I go to EU countries within the Euro zone. And also it makes easier to compare prices, also now with the internet shops booming, it comes in handy.

I also like the IDEA that it would be pretty easy for me to move into other EU country and work. So that's a good thing, I feel this would be, for me, the biggest great potential thing. And also vice versa, people within the EU region would get work here more easier and move here, whcih I think is good. Basically more action going on in our region, that I see as positive.

But it's more spiritual right now, but there's lots of future potential in it. It could be workign very well some day. I can't dismiss that fact.

What else.. I think it sets more .. clear fronts and borders, I think that's good. We don't want any transparency with the poor people and their crap countries.

But what has EU done for me, I mean in practice. Mm.. I don't know, nothing or very little.

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by germanos
VetLegion, don't expect the EU to do anything for you, you will be disappoimnted.

I'm old enough not to expect mana from the sky. I'm a supporter of EU integration, but I try to base it on facts and figures and not idealism.

So far the only ones verifiably profiting from EU seem to be - tourists.

I don't see synergic effects in other areas.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Odin
The European usage of the word "fronteer" drives me crazy, thats a BORDER!

The interesting thing is here is that you've corrected Adalbertus's English (who isn't a native speaker) but missing an important fact, his spelling was correct and yours is wrong

[Combat Ingrid]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
you've correct Adalbertus's English

ehm

Edit: I see you corrected yourself