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The Balkans were not in the EU. The EU gives economic incentives to its members not to go to war. It does not magically prevent wars all around the world.
by gonvaled 10y ago
The Balkans were not in the EU. The EU gives economic incentives to its members not to go to war. It does not magically prevent wars all around the world.
- youngtaff 10y agoThe original quote was "The EU seems to be pretty effective at preventing wars within Europe." Last time I checked the Balkans were within Europe! Look I voted to remain and I'm probably going to leave the UK as I don't want to live in the UK post Brexit. That said there's as many crazy claims for the success of the EU as there were for the UK leaving. As an institution the EU is very much out of touch with the needs of the common people, and you've only got to look at how they treated Greece as an example (and the whole stupid thing of moving MPs to Strasbourg once a month)
- sangnoir 10y agoWhen someone says "Europe" in the context of the EU, I thought it would be obvious that they are referring to the member states. How would the EU prevent non-members from wars? That does not make sense. The UK was never really committed to the EU and yet it got special treatment time and time again. I say this as an EU outsider. The "common people" usually want all upsides with no downsides. No one can deliver that, buy the populist politicians depend on it and promise people the moon (see "closed borders and common market"). Good luck with the Tories and IndyRef 2.