delphiandomine
17 Oct 2012
Life / Polands new immigrants from the West. [36]
Actually - if you look back, the EU only let them in because they produced some figures saying that they were doing fine. Now we know it was all lies, but at the time, Greece wanted in. They certainly would have been better out of it from the very beginning, but their own greed ruined it for them.
Poles are among the most European of the lot. Haven't you heard the demands to be considered an integral part of central Europe? Haven't you seen the massive amount of participation in European projects? They still identify with Poland first, but we all do - being European exists alongside nationality. Anyway, the EU doesn't suppress it - it encourages it. If it didn't, why does the EU have a massive bill every year for translation?
The thinking is logical - everyone plays by the same rules under the same environment. It's not quite there, but look at how Schengen has caused many communities to function as one. Go to Gorlitz/Zgorzelec, or Irun/Hendaye - these places are operating as one, not two. Borders are vanishing before our very eyes. As the EU evolves, barriers will fall and people will mix more and more. It's no bad thing. Languages are encouraged in the EU and diversity is embraced. I wrote a letter to my local MEP once asking if I could use my own minority language (not English) in correspondence with her - and she replied positively, saying that it would take time to get the translation done, but they were happy to reply in my mother tongue if I wanted.
Self inflicted crisis, you should add. No-one made the Greeks borrow all that cash.
Then, they got lured into euro currency.
Actually - if you look back, the EU only let them in because they produced some figures saying that they were doing fine. Now we know it was all lies, but at the time, Greece wanted in. They certainly would have been better out of it from the very beginning, but their own greed ruined it for them.
Poles are among the most European of the lot. Haven't you heard the demands to be considered an integral part of central Europe? Haven't you seen the massive amount of participation in European projects? They still identify with Poland first, but we all do - being European exists alongside nationality. Anyway, the EU doesn't suppress it - it encourages it. If it didn't, why does the EU have a massive bill every year for translation?
When you see countries like Belgium striving to stay one piece because of their languages, what are you actually thinking?
The thinking is logical - everyone plays by the same rules under the same environment. It's not quite there, but look at how Schengen has caused many communities to function as one. Go to Gorlitz/Zgorzelec, or Irun/Hendaye - these places are operating as one, not two. Borders are vanishing before our very eyes. As the EU evolves, barriers will fall and people will mix more and more. It's no bad thing. Languages are encouraged in the EU and diversity is embraced. I wrote a letter to my local MEP once asking if I could use my own minority language (not English) in correspondence with her - and she replied positively, saying that it would take time to get the translation done, but they were happy to reply in my mother tongue if I wanted.
But hey, the financial agenda keeps going. Lets have a crisis and then ask for a unification, it's an old trick.
Self inflicted crisis, you should add. No-one made the Greeks borrow all that cash.