Biden: “The EU is a strong and vibrant entity“ (crime, best)
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Well, I mean, the western part of the EU, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, France, etc. as well as Non-EU European countries with strong ties to the EU like Norway and Switzerland do enjoy the best quality of life in the world. So although I disagree with the EU as an entity in some ways, they have done something right to allow so many people to live fantastic qualities of life with plentiful paid and sick leave, employer-supplied medical, and ample maternity leave and a solid safety net for those who find themselves without work.
What needs to happen now is the EU needs to actually help to bolster countries like Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria because the EU, IMO, has been a total net negative for some of these countries.
Yeah alternative title: "Old conservative tells a French guy who got slapped in the face the eu is better than emerging powers like China". Speaking of the devil:
That very new Hungary-China relationship is great, at least with Russia many people used to like them (notably right wingers in the west, aka in America) while China is my kinda country, irritates everyone - I approve.
Well, I mean, the western part of the EU, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, France, etc. as well as Non-EU European countries with strong ties to the EU like Norway and Switzerland do enjoy the best quality of life in the world. So although I disagree with the EU as an entity in some ways, they have done something right to allow so many people to live fantastic qualities of life with plentiful paid and sick leave, employer-supplied medical, and ample maternity leave and a solid safety net for those who find themselves without work.
What needs to happen now is the EU needs to actually help to bolster countries like Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria because the EU, IMO, has been a total net negative for some of these countries.
Was it not like that before the EU in places like Germany, France, The Netherlands and others (not so much in Poland, Ireland and similar places)?
^ That's the funny thing about it, he thinks the EU makes countries rich. You know Italy and the UK were always as poor as Zimbabwe, before the EU. Google it lol .
Russian provocation says it all. I mean how dare Russia put its borders so close to NATO bases.
One thing is for sure. The western powers are capable of some awesome mental gymnastics.
Yeah, especially those mental gymnastics of building a wall around an entire section of a major city then hoping beyond hope that the occupants all caged within swallow the koolade because that's ALL they're going to get fed until they totally subjugate themselves.
Took a massive airlift to keep them from starving at the hands of the Russkies who only had their best interests at heart.
Invasion of Hungary, Czechoslovakia. Went to public school with a Hungarian refugee who brought pictures of the death and destruction to our class, including a picture of him manning a machine gun post at the age of 13. You'd find it tough convincing him Western nations are fudging the books.
Then you get the notions of the Chechnya, Ukraine, Georgia and Crimea having millions of Russians being resettled and inserted into their midst to effectively skew any free election that might be allowed (but aren't) and when that isn't working quickly enough - just invade the places and shoot down airliners full of civilians.
Of course there are no lessons to be learned from any of those all happening to extend Russia's reach and footprint into Europe. The old Soviet Union changing it's stripes by renaming itself Russia? That dog just won't hunt.
No lessons to be learned from the willingness of Russia's European neighbors to join an alliance to keep them at bay. Just the usual mental gymnastics.
I have an umbrella with a poisoned tip only used - well any number of times - but I'll sell it to you cheap.
What needs to happen now is the EU needs to actually help to bolster countries like Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria because the EU, IMO, has been a total net negative for some of these countries.
Was it not like that before the EU in places like Germany, France, The Netherlands and others (not so much in Poland, Ireland and similar places)?
Yes it was a case BEFORE any EU took place.
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