Europeans welcome your new Slovenian overlords

[Sandman]

Reform Yugoslavia. Seriously. The EU doesn't need all these crazy little countries kicking about.

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by Heraclitus
Don't get me wrong, I think we could let the Croatians into the EU almost immediately, they are far more developed than Romania and Bulgaria (they really should have waited for a decade or two before letting those in) and more importantly, richer than either of the said states. Well, we can let them in if they remove their claims on what is *clearly* Slovenian territory.

Slovenia has a territory? I always think of it more as of a theoretical concept, a state of mind perhaps

[VetLegion]

With regards to EU, I couldn't care less for most aspects of it except for the customs which I hate and removal of which I consider a good thing. It annoys me that when I buy something from say, Germany, I have to pay customs. I paid $100 in customs for something I purchased lately. At that point I was ready to sign up for membership of the Soviet Union if it meant no borders in Europe

[Adalbertus]

Originally posted by Sandman
Reform Yugoslavia. Seriously. The EU doesn't need all these crazy little countries kicking about.

Impossible. The big difference to a federal state like Germany is that Yugoslavia had about the same ethnic diversity. And people disagree on religious grounds whether they like to be occupied by Austria, Turkey, or Russia. Or was it the other way?

[Heraclitus]

Originally posted by Sandman
Reform Yugoslavia. Seriously. The EU doesn't need all these crazy little countries kicking about.

As opposed to countries like Belgium?

[Heraclitus]

Originally posted by Sandman
Reform Yugoslavia. Seriously. The EU doesn't need all these crazy little countries kicking about.

The northern half is normal. The orthodox has a mixed record and the muslim part? Who knows.

Anyhow, former Yugoslavia is just fine as it is, as long as the major powers keep a eye on it. We all know how well that's worked in the past...



Seriously Slovenia and Croatia can’t really be described as Crazy and neither can you describe Macedonia that way. Three out of six (or is it seven now?) isn’t too bad.
Heck, if the Croats don’t screw up, two out of six will be developed economies (first world countries) in a few years.

[Heraclitus]

Originally posted by Adalbertus


Impossible. The big difference to a federal state like Germany is that Yugoslavia had about the same ethnic diversity. And people disagree on religious grounds whether they like to be occupied by Austria, Turkey, or Russia. Or was it the other way?

To be accurate, the geographical divide between the Catholic and Orthodox regions, dates back to the Western and Eastern Roman empire. The Turks are responsible for the Muslim population though.

[VetLegion]

Ex-Yugoslavia will in time become an uninteresting place. This will sound harsh, but it is in large part because all political entities there are by now ethnically homogenous.

Bosnia won't be much of a problem anymore, count on that. By that I mean there won't be violence. There will be all sorts of political trouble.

Kosovo won't be a problem in the sense of making war with Serbia, but due to its high population growth and some other factors it will remain an unstable place and a headache for a number of European countries, not just its neighbours.

Macedonia could blow up one day and if it does it won't be pretty. For now the government seems to handling it pretty well.