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| It's decision time for the EU |
Europe must stop waffling in its attempts to move ahead towards more
political and economic integration. It needs to do so if if it wants to
project an image of a more credible and united entity.
Turning
the clock back to individual statehood status, with every nation its
own borders and currency would mean instant suicide in today's world of
Super Powers, including, China, the USA, and to a certain extend
also Russia. These countries are all lying at the doorstep of EU's
"weakling countries", ready to "gobble" them up.
If the
EU falls apart, so would the present influence of each member state
which they presently have under the powerful combined "nations umbrella"
of the EU. Prosperity as EU citizen's now have enjoyed for many years
would end not only abruptly, but also in a brutal fashion.
A
solution, to solidify and further strengthen the European Union as a
major world power, and to create even more economic prosperity for its
citizens will require, not only for some of the member nation states
politicians to abandon nationalistic pipe-dreams and look at the "big
picture", but also to encourage them into making some dramatic changes
to the structure of the EU. This would also include abolishing policies
and treaties which have been unproductive, costly and caused more harm
than good.
These changes could be achieved based on the following outline:
1) By referendum on a new EU constitution, which incorporates the following provisions:
a)
establish the EU citizen as a full partner and decission-maker in all
matters of government - by increasing the powers of the EU parliament,
giving them the political authority to appoint the EU commission, based
on the outcome of election results of the European parliamentary
elections.
b) establishing a second chamber in the
European parliament where all chairmen of local member state parliaments
would be represented, having the power by majority vote to approve or
oppose any resolution or proposal submitted by the EU Parliament or EU
President.
c) the election of a EU President by universal vote, covering every member state of the European Union.
2) establishment of a permanent and strong European defense force
a)
the defense force budget based on the proportional contribution in
money and manpower (GDP and population) of all EU member states
b)
review of all present military alliances by the EU (including those of
individual member states) and establish a common EU defense force policy
3)
establishing a common EU foreign policy based on:
a) the EU's economic and political interests and alliances with countries supporting EU's policies
b) the projection of a neutral position in relation to the geopolitical policies and interests of other nations
c) seeking economic alliances instead of military alliances
It is high time European politicians take their head out of the sand and start smelling the roses.
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