Is it possible that the corruption you're combating in the EU is a direct result of consolidating power in Brussels?
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Quite the contrary, corruption generally originates on national, a local base, sactions from Brussels are a powerful incentive for many members national justice systems. The one in Brussels probably it is called lobby lol
Here's a good article from today about national corruption in Austria
The article is too biased for my liking. I get that politics is a dirty game, still, I find labeling political opposition as "Nazis" to be problematic, not really helpful for civil and constructive discourse.
Don't be lazy to read interesting stuff, that's brain food. Second if your partners are nazis and you're a fascist you're in my nazi category.
AfD precisely diagnoses the bureaucratic rot, and the anti-european nature of the EU:
-death to small business via regulation
-green energy scam drives up cost of life, and shifts German businesses to places with less “green” energy like Poland or China
-more txation, more expensive life
-forced experimental medical treatments
-anti-family pro woke religious indoctrination of kids
-no free speech
-rule by bureaucrat (ursula, lagarde)
-proxy war with primary energy supplier
-country remains occupied by foreign military bases
You are absolutely correct in your perception of EU extra-national centralization of power (the opposite of localism) and rot being the problem.
Note that AfD is not alone. There are pro-European anti-EU parties in many European countries. Europeans are getting sick of getting poorer and demoralized by the day. European elections in summer should be interesting.
Exactly. The current European (EU) model that's being forced on people is not a one size fits all.
Exactly this is what I see.
My perspective comes from being born in Italy, and looking how Croatia (I am mixed vlood and living in both countries) is becoming part of the EU and what that will mean.
I see what nostr:npub18x5tzar4hcxmgn33870aqvhlmcvrez4avjvwfye2suenp5kdfp5q5stv0k is saying and agree on the fact that the foundation and main goal of EU was peace and a better markets and less friction on borders, but my fear is that citizens of every single States are becoming less and less important and their voice and vote count nothing because the big decisions are bein made on the EU levels and politicians tends to use the EU as an excuse to impose narratives and Ideas that comes from other people's incentives.
I see the EU as USA puppet, and I had the prove of it when I saw how we completely surrender any decisions about the Russia/Ukraine-USA conflict, where the EU and Nato simply bent and did whatever Daddy US (and all the corporations) wanted.
EU accepted a conflict on his territory and the consequences of all the sanctions without thinking about the losses European people would suffer.. because we did it for a "greater good".
Anyway.. I am far to know about what really happens in geopolitics and these stuff, what I think is, the smaller the State, the less the power is in a few of hands, the better it is. We could have good markets and less frictions even without EU.. centralization is not the solution.
EU is the main example of bad centralization IMHO. I could be wrong of course.
Originally, the EU was not political but just as a mere economic union, a consortium of major European industries. I wish it could have remained so.
That's false.
The Council of Europe was the first step.
After that steel and coal industry, that being just a step in the greater plan to unite Europe.
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Yeah for what I know, the main reasons was avoid another world war, and to avoid a nation (like Germany did two times in less than 40yrs) would start conflicts or subjugate a neighbour State.
The document you shared does not mention the Council of Europe, but the Schuman declaration that introduced the Coal and Steel Community, which is precisely what I was alluding to.
According to Wikipedia, The CoE is distinct from the European Union (EU), although people sometimes confuse the two organisations.
The CoE,, established in 1949, is a separate intergovernmental organization focused on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.
You're trolling right?
I know why I posted it for you:
To read the multiple passages mentioning the extensive unifying plan to stop wars in Europe by creating a federative united Europe "The pooling of coal and steel production should immediately provide for the setting up of common foundations for economic development as a first step in the federation of Europe"
Pooling toghether the war industries was just one step in the bigger project, was never intended to be just that as you alluded.
OK, I misunderstood your original point. I admit you're probably right in this one, "Coal and Steel" as the first step in a larger plan leading to a federation.
🤝 have a nice evening nostr:npub1llfht66qadyxv44q9rkmequztav07r2ufgd6ytl8w3wjs3ffa5yqy398ja 🙂
You probably mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Community