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!"
- Peace: No war in Europe for 60+ years and counting. How long you EUphiles will justify EVRYTHING what is going on in the EU by this one argument?
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:
Both things are important, that is why German government so desperately defended double majority.
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