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Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]
y main complaint about the EU at present is how ineffective and weak they have been in handling the problems that started with Hungary in the first place
Which problems would those be?
Both the 2004 expansion (too much too fast without enough institutional stability) and the introduction of the Euro (to solve problems that no longer existed) are examples of major hubris on the part of the EU.
The gross incompetence in their mishandling of the entirely predictable Euro crisis and the ongoing migration crisis are examples of institutional atrophy as most of the major players are simply trying to hang on to their power and privilege rather than find workable and lasting solutions to either problem.
Also the EU has done nothing to actually create any kind of emotional connection with EU citizens, for various reasons they cut themselves off from most real European traditions and cultures. Take the Euro, national currencies have pictures of real people or real places - the euro has a bunch of fake bridges that carry zero emotional resonance.
What's left is a bunch of slogans that no one believes and a surrender to financial interests of the largest countries ueber alles... who wants to sign on to that?
The European Union BE (Before Euro) had probably done more to eliminate poverty than any national or international institution in history.... how the might have fallen.
