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>>The EU need not fall, ever, if the EC will lift the heavy hand of the Eurocrats in Brussles. Far stranger political unions (think Holy Roman Empire) have lasted far longer than the EU.<<

But look at the cracks already appearing. Greece’s economy France’s re-emerging (thank God) Conservatism, Denmark’s isolationism.

Europe ain’t the Roman Empire. Too many interests, to much cultural pride (are there any neighbor cultures more diverse than Spain, Germany, France and Portugal in the world?).

The EU will fall. Soon.

Mark my words. It never made sense and it won’t hold. There are no Roman Legions, even in small number, to keep the city/states in line. There is just Bluster in Brussels.

As each EU member sees that it is NOT in their interest to remain in it, they will pull out, either directly (by dictate) or indirectly (by action).

The EU makes no practical sense in the modern world.

I suppose we'll have to agree to disagree. Please note that I did not argue that EU would NOT fall, merely that there was no need for it to do so. The principal question for Wonderland is: will the Eurocrats take their fat thumbs off the scale. The answer that eventuates will also be the answer to EU survival.

As to "cracks already appearing", I cannot even count the number of FReepers who have referred to 'the next civil war' or 'CW2' in the past year or so. The same sorts of terms appear constantly, albeit much more profanely as a rule, on the lefty boards and blogs. "Cracks" are an everywhere, all-the-time phenomenon in most nations where there is even a modicum of freedom of communication.