No planes? People unwilling to work getting rewarded?
Even my liberal/democrat friends are mortified by this proposal, but it turns out a lot of people in the House are signing on to this. Nevertheless, this does not have a chance in hell of ever happening. I've heard pundits try to defend it...
I read if Catalonia were to proclaim independence unilaterally in the next few days without the approbation of Madrid, Catalonia would not automatically become a member of the European Union. The logic is that if it splits from a member state of the EU, it would need to re-apply for EU...
Do you think, that at this time and age, in countries with separation of religion from state, we still should tolerate any mention of God, gods or any other supernatural creatures, in our anthems, oath, constitution, law proceedings, etc?
Should we continue with it on grounds of tradition or...
Do you think NATO is obsolete, now that the Soviet Union doesn't exist?
Do you support that NATO reconfigure its alliances? Which countries would you add or remove from NATO?
Often after reading the news I feel empathetic with something bad that has happened to other people (e.g. earthquake) or just something that really frustrates me (e.g. the way the government has dealt with a situation) or something I really want to happen (e.g. all the nations at the Paris...
Belgium is generally a fairly good place to live. The country ranks well by international standards on many levels; compulsory education until 18 (highest in the world), high-quality and cheap health care, free motorways, excellent food, reasonably good economy...
One of the things that...
When Il Principe (The Prince) was written by Italian historian and diplomat Niccolo Machiavelli the theme "usage of means which can be immoral can justify the aims of the rulers" spreaded to European Politics. Machiavelli mostly discussed the means of a ruler who aims to keep his state in power...
Who's right?
Is Spain breaking the law with excessive border checks and threatening border fees, or has the UK crossed a line building artificial reefs on what is rightfully Spanish territory:innocent:?
Is this just another crack in the EU.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23668589
More specifically is the concept of minimal government investment and interference in the economy now the only way forward for the West? If we think about what's going on with countries like Italy, they are changing their democratically elected governments to please markets, (markets simply...
With politicians having failed the people they represent miserably across Europe, its seems odd that now both Greece and Italy have turned to Technocrats.
"Technocracy is a form of government where technical experts are in control of decision making in their respective fields. Engineers...
Chirac mocks Sarkozy in memoirs
Former French President Jacques Chirac has mocked his successor and party colleague Nicolas Sarkozy in memoirs covering his 12 years in office. article
Do you think democracy works?
Lets take the UK 2010 elections. info
If we ignore the individual political parties but instead split the vote in a left wing / right wing way.
Right Wing
Conservatives - share of the vote 36.1%
Left Wing/Centre Left
Labour - share of the vote 29%
Lib dems -...
UK?s Cameron says immigration ?unacceptably high?
November 22, 2010
Cameron revealed that the UK was seeing two million new immigrants per decade. ? Reuters pic
LONDON, Nov 22 ? Immigration to Britain is ?unacceptably high? and must be brought down, but this can be done while ensuring...
I thought to be in a member of the EU you had to clearly seperate religion from the state, but I keep seeing political parties called:
- Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams - Belgium
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany (Angela Merkel)
- Christian Democratic Party - Norway
- The Christian...
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