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> I can live and work permanently in 27 countries (including Finland) without having to change nationality. How? I'd love to be able to do that.
by apgwoz 16y ago
> I can live and work permanently in 27 countries (including Finland) without having to change nationality.
How? I'd love to be able to do that.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoBy living in a European country.
- apgwoz 16y agoI'm not sure why we're both getting downvoted for this. It was a valid question, and a valid response. Thanks for the answer. I did not realize the EU had this privilege.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoI suspect in my case it is because I said "European country" rather than "European Union country." Not all European countries are in the EU. The Wikipedia article on the EU has all sorts of interesting information: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/European_Union https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/European_Unio...
- apgwoz 16y agoSure--but, if that's the case, you'd think someone would reply and correct you, instead of just blatantly down voting an otherwise "get the point across answer", and forcing you to speculate. :)
- ugh 16y agoHe is a EU Citizen. That’s not that much better than the freedom to work or live wherever you want within the US. It only sounds so impressive because those 27 nations are all substantially smaller than the US. It’s nonetheless one of those achievements of European integration I most certainly don’t want to give up.
- avar 16y agoThe US (mostly) all speaks the same language and has a much more similar set of laws and a largely homogeneous society. By comparison e.g. Spain and Germany and almost any two countries in the EU you care to name speak different languages, are very different culturally, and have different customs.
- kiuyhjk 16y agoThats the big advantage - imagine having a choice of bread or cheese that actually tastes different! Apart from a few of the more 'third world' european countries (like France) if you speak english and work in high tech it's not a big problem to work in Scandanavia/Germany/Netherlands. The main difficulty is they drive on the wrong side of the road - but as consolation the coffee and women are much better.
- avar 16y ago> Apart from a few of the more 'third world' european countries (like France) How is France a third world country in any sense of the word? Because they don't speak English as much? > The main difficulty is they drive on the wrong side That's only in the UK, not Scandanavia/Germany/Netherlands.
- eru 16y agoThe UK drives on the _right_ side. The other countries merely drive on the right side.
- thomas11 16y agoWhat the heck is with the "third world" comment on France? Have you ever been there?
- kiuyhjk 16y agoSorry - can't link to the replies. It was 'irony' - France is notorious for obeying only those EU laws which benefit it. In particular there are lots of unofficial barriers to other EU individuals/companies working in France - even though they are legally allowed to. Is't common for various levels of government to delay required licencing for years. It's an issue even with international collaborations - the European Space agency is in the Netherlands and CERN is officially HQed in Switzerland - there was a lot of concern over ITER before it was built in France, the French 'promised' to play nicely with people working there.