[Thunder90]

The EU wants Poland to appease Vladimir Putin.

[Snickersnee]

Oh, boy, it’s 1939 again! Can we go to the World’s Fair, Dad? I wanna see that television thingy.

[Minutemen]

OOOPS! Do you sense a tad of jealousy here?

[wolf78]

The thing is, what guys like vox_PL don't understand: That's how the EU works: Business as usual. As Jerzy Kranz put it: Nice, the square root and the double majority all work. Within the EU it's not the number of votes that really matters but the ability to form alliances. And that's what the brothers Kaczynski need to learn". So in fact, it is much ado about nothing: In the end a compromise is reached which satisfies noone, but that's bearable for everyone. What the EU really is about is:

- Peace: No war in Europe for 60+ years and counting.

- Trade and prosperity: The larger a common market (EU: 500 million), the more competition, also amongst the nations. EU enterprises will move jobs where the tax code and the education system is the most effective.

Not every minor squabble calls for the grand rhetoric.



"Platform shoes or death!"

[muleskinner]

Poland will be O.K., as long as they don't plant any trees along their roads.

As the French found out, Germans like to march in the shade.

[hershey]

Why not have two houses, a bi-cameral legislature, as in the US, where smaller states have equal voting power, representation, in the senate, but larger states have more representatives in the house? Both houses of congress have to agree to pass legislation. I know this has been suggested on FR before, and doubtless Europe has already considered and rejected the concept, but it would solve a great many problems. And considering Europe’s troubled history, you’d think it would be an obvious choice. Does the fact that it would be modeled on the US bother Europe’s elite? Oh, surely not.

[Polak z Polski]

[Ukiapah Heep]

I see the spirit of '39 lives on in Europe.

[nkycincinnatikid]

Re: the twins bomb throwing statement that Polands present population vis a vis Germany’s was much reduced due to WWII. They should have done their homework. Polands present population is 40% higher than it was in the 1920’s. Germany has added 30%.