Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
Don't disagree with much of that. One of the major criticisms of the EU is that it morphed from being a trade body (under it's previous moniker) to something that impacted more upon society and peoples lives - much of that was probably perception as much as reality, but it clearly is a political body as much as a trading organisation and therein, I would suggest, lie many of its criticisms
Huge beef for me is the EEC lack of fairness , it talks about workers rights but has within its make up countries struggling to jeep up with the super powers such as France and Germany? They pacify the poor by allowing free movement of Labour ?? They are all in a single currency so why not a standard welfare system and minimum wage , surely that would really help the poorest countries who see families broken up by the pure need for better benefits and better basic wages and having to leave thier country in search of better lifestyle and send money home .

Germany and France selfish motives has really been exposed in recent times especially with thier approach to the Vaccine programme and now the Ukraine , and its gas sweatheart deals with Russia , and bugger the rest ?