Posted on 01/07/2016 1:05:20 PM PST by Lorianne
We are witnessing the decline and fall of the European Union as we know it: the beginning of the end for the last of the twentieth century's grand political experiments. The speed of the decline and the extent of the fall are not certain; Brussels still has plenty of options. But it is clear that the EU, having ceased its geographical and institutional expansion, is entering a period of contraction, and quite possibly disintegration. The lines of fracture are clear, and so are the indicators that the stresses will only intensify. Divisions between the rich north and the poorer south, between the new recruits in Eastern Europe and the "Inner Six" founders in Western Europe, and between the core partners, France and Germany, are all compounded by Brussels's long-term lack of democratic legitimacy and accountability.
The faltering of the EU is not just a problem for Europeans. Collectively, the European Union is the United States' biggest trade partner. In 2014, only Canada bought more U.S. exports than the EU, and only China supplied more U.S. imports. Like the United States, the European Union produces about a quarter of the world's GDP. Together, the United States and the EU control more than half of the world's economy, as well as three of the five permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council. At a moment of global disorder, a pillar of the global economy and the United States' global strategy is crumbling.
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Thatcher was right...(of course)
“Rich North and poorer South”: Sounds like a recipe for a European Civil War.
Collectively, the European Union is the United States' biggest trade partner. In 2014, only Canada bought more U.S. exports than the EU, and only China supplied more U.S. imports. Like the United States, the European Union produces about a quarter of the world's GDP. Together, the United States and the EU control more than half of the world's economy, as well as three of the five permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council.The price of energy is falling in both the US and EU, the difference being that the price of energy will continue to fall in the US -- despite Zero's two terms' worth of efforts -- and in the US the majority actually shows the will to do something about getting borders and immigration under control. The EU's just starting to get its head out regarding the latter, but it hasn't got the prospects for energy production that the US has, other than the current price war, and control of Libyan production.
Oh noez!
Britain and France can’t trade with teh US if derz no EU.
Or something.
A load of bull from the one-worlders at the weakly standard.
If Europe were extremely lucky and the EU disappeared tomorrow, the countries would still be there and still be able to negotiate treaties for trade, borders, etc.
The leaders of christian white majority countries have destroyed them on purpose. They bring in foreigners who will not assimilate or be peaceful, and then blame the white indigenous citizens for the troubles these foreigners cause.
Better wake up and start fighting. Whites are being targeted for systematic global extinction. It isnt happening in any other places. No other race is guilted and attacked, no other races are said to be racist, they just preserve their culture you must respect.
Wake up.
I agree. I don’t know why they are fretting over this so much. We can all still trade with one another.
yup. I think this article contains it’s share of agitprop.
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