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the UK was one of many countries objecting to the current form of the EU. this will not go away with one member leaving. the EU is expecting another round of n
by kmlx 7y ago
the UK was one of many countries objecting to the current form of the EU. this will not go away with one member leaving.
the EU is expecting another round of new participants in 2025. and the countries are the likes of Macedonia and Serbia. of course the EU politicians are already arguing about this, since the last expansion was a small disaster: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.politico.eu/article/eu-enlargement-reform-pushback/amp/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.politico.eu/article/eu-en...
personally i don't see how the EU can expand without major reform.
countries like Poland and Romania are strong Nato allies looking in horror at Germany and France cozying up to Putin. the US simply expected the two western countries to pay up. they preferred to pay Russia instead.
- lispm 7y agoMajor EU reforms, which were blocked by the UK, for example. Good relations with Russia is in the interest of the EU countries.
- hopia 7y agoEurope has been trying to build good relations with Russia for as long as anyone can remember. But in the end it takes two to tango.
- lispm 7y agoMaybe you can‘t remember those times, but I knew germans who were invading the USSR. I spoke to one who learned russian in the USSR in military prisons in siberia - he having served in the Waffen SS. I grew up in the cold war times. Then we saw the collapse of the USSR and its block. We‘ve made a lot progress since then. There is a russian view to that and we also need to listen to that, too.
- hopia 7y agoWhat's the Russian view we need to listen to?
- lispm 7y agoIs that a real question? For example the views of the Russian population. Example : https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/08/21/russians-say-their-government-did-not-try-to-influence-u-s-presidential-election/ https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/08/21/russians-say-t... The view of Russia about the NATO expansion towards their border is widely reported. We can ignore that or think it is unfounded, the reality is that these views influence the Russian politics.
- hopia 7y agoRussia does not get to dictate which organizations free nations join or do not join.
- lispm 7y agoSo basically how the US acts? See middle east, south&middle america...
- hopia 7y agoUnfortunately, I don't get what you mean. Which organizations is the US barring these countries from entering? Is your solution to them the same that they should listen to the US views as well?
- lispm 7y agohttps://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/10/were-staying-us-tells-iraq-after-being-asked-leave https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/10/were-staying-us... just days ago...