According to the BBC 62.89% of Irish voters have backed the Nice treaty in a referendum meaning preparations to finalise the admission of ten new countries (mostly in Eastern Europe) in 2004 can proceed. It will cost current members a lot over the next few years to help bring countries like Slovenia closer to the European average but in the end if all goes well this will help to form a bloc of more than 500 million well-educated consumers all adhering to liberal democratic values and norms of government.
20 October 2002
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500 million voters, each poised for another EU handout from the productive regions of Europe.
we should junk CAP and spend the money building infrastructure.
maybe we can conscript all of these new Europeans into our new Euro-Army?
unacceptable face (of capitalism)
Comment by Anonymous — 20 November 2003 @ 2:49 pm