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You sound like you don't own a passport and just repeat fearmongering you hear on the news Please get a passport, visit Europe, and then have an informed opini

You sound like you don't own a passport and just repeat fearmongering you hear on the news Please get a passport, visit Europe, and then have an informed opinion. I can't speak personally for the eastern or southern states but here in central europe things are quite peachy. The central/west/northern parts of Europe are the most stable in the world, I doubt that will change soon, regardless of what happens elsewhere. Come on over and have a look! I invite you to coffee and cake, and a stroll in my garden Greetings from Frankfurt

sparkling 8y ago
Thank you for your concern: i have a passport and i have visited every EU member state with the exception of Romania and Sweden.
- wastedhours 8y ago
  On a more positive note that the rest of the thread: having been to both, I'd highly recommend them, and if you want any recs, let me know!
zingmars 8y ago
You didn't really address his points though. He named multiple countries in which Eurosceptics are on the rise, and that is going to become a problem in time for EU. Hell, even here in Latvia anti-EU sentiments are (albeit slowly) becoming more widespread. I don't think there will be a fall anytime soon, but we certainly have interesting times ahead of us.
- mpweiher 8y ago
  After Brexit, pro-EU sentiment across the EU has risen sharply. Go figure.
philliphaydon 8y ago
So you like your free travel and ability to work anywhere in the EU??? But beyond that what does the EU offer other than a lot of regulations that seem to be hurting a lot of smaller countries?
- eastendguy 8y ago
  "...beyond that"... that is funny. The "ability to work anywhere in the EU" is a huge win for all countries involved, and it alone would be worth having the EU. And what kind of "regulations that seem to be hurting a lot of smaller countries" do you mean? I can't think of any.
  - foobarian 8y ago
    Well... not a win for the countries the high-skilled labor is escaping from in droves.
  - philliphaydon 8y ago
    Biggest one right now is probably migrant program. France, Sweden, Germany, all suffering as a result. The problems with Trade Agreements, or lack of.
- LarryL 8y ago
  > what does the EU offer other than a lot of regulations The fact that there have no longer been wars between the participants? After thousands of years of endless strife, wars & massacres. Ask people from my great-parents generation (who lived throught WW2) if this is not a HUGE benefit...
- salvar 8y ago
  But beyond free movement of goods, capital, services, and labour... what has the EU ever done for us???
- empath75 8y ago
  That and the fact that Germany, France and England having the longest uninterrupted peace between them since the battle of Hastings.

sparkling 8y ago

Thank you for your concern: i have a passport and i have visited every EU member state with the exception of Romania and Sweden.

wastedhours 8y ago
On a more positive note that the rest of the thread: having been to both, I'd highly recommend them, and if you want any recs, let me know!

zingmars 8y ago

You didn't really address his points though. He named multiple countries in which Eurosceptics are on the rise, and that is going to become a problem in time for EU. Hell, even here in Latvia anti-EU sentiments are (albeit slowly) becoming more widespread. I don't think there will be a fall anytime soon, but we certainly have interesting times ahead of us.

mpweiher 8y ago
After Brexit, pro-EU sentiment across the EU has risen sharply. Go figure.

philliphaydon 8y ago

So you like your free travel and ability to work anywhere in the EU??? But beyond that what does the EU offer other than a lot of regulations that seem to be hurting a lot of smaller countries?

eastendguy 8y ago
"...beyond that"... that is funny. The "ability to work anywhere in the EU" is a huge win for all countries involved, and it alone would be worth having the EU. And what kind of "regulations that seem to be hurting a lot of smaller countries" do you mean? I can't think of any.
- foobarian 8y ago
  Well... not a win for the countries the high-skilled labor is escaping from in droves.
- philliphaydon 8y ago
  Biggest one right now is probably migrant program. France, Sweden, Germany, all suffering as a result. The problems with Trade Agreements, or lack of.
LarryL 8y ago
> what does the EU offer other than a lot of regulations The fact that there have no longer been wars between the participants? After thousands of years of endless strife, wars & massacres. Ask people from my great-parents generation (who lived throught WW2) if this is not a HUGE benefit...
salvar 8y ago
But beyond free movement of goods, capital, services, and labour... what has the EU ever done for us???
empath75 8y ago
That and the fact that Germany, France and England having the longest uninterrupted peace between them since the battle of Hastings.