Comments on: Welcome to the Lisbon Era http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/welcome-to-the-lisbon-era/ European Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:39:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Appreciate it http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/welcome-to-the-lisbon-era/comment-page-1/#comment-51454 Appreciate it Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:06:16 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=6449#comment-51454 <strong>check this...</strong> [...]Welcome to the Lisbon Era | afoe | A Fistful of Euros | European Opinion[...]... check this…

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]]> By: bailey http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/welcome-to-the-lisbon-era/comment-page-1/#comment-27694 bailey Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:32:08 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=6449#comment-27694 I think for most europeans, the EU is about the euro and Schengan. I agree with above, the economy will dictate stagnation for some time, it's so logistically difficult on so many levels. I think for most europeans, the EU is about the euro and Schengan.
I agree with above, the economy will dictate stagnation for some time, it’s so logistically difficult on so many levels.

]]> By: jon livesey http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/welcome-to-the-lisbon-era/comment-page-1/#comment-27687 jon livesey Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:27:15 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=6449#comment-27687 I agree with Pavel, but for a slightly different reason. While European nation states had their own national foreign and economic polices, each made their own decisions. Majority voting opens the door to some very risky horse-trading. I will support your adventurism in the Balkans if you will support more subsidies for my inefficient farming sector. Those who thin that EU-wide decision-making is a good thing should go back and read the history of the EU's failures in the Balkans, and what kind of trading of favours led to it. I agree with Pavel, but for a slightly different reason. While European nation states had their own national foreign and economic polices, each made their own decisions.

Majority voting opens the door to some very risky horse-trading. I will support your adventurism in the Balkans if you will support more subsidies for my inefficient farming sector.

Those who thin that EU-wide decision-making is a good thing should go back and read the history of the EU’s failures in the Balkans, and what kind of trading of favours led to it.

]]> By: Marc T Stenberg http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/welcome-to-the-lisbon-era/comment-page-1/#comment-27685 Marc T Stenberg Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:25:16 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=6449#comment-27685 The Lisbon Era indeed. Just how different this is from the, er, Nice (?) era remains to be seen. See here http://tinyurl.com/yhopcne for the first campaign - the Right2Bet Campaign - hoping to be the first to utilise Lisbon's "Citizens Initiative" provision. I'm not sure how far grassroots campaigns like Right2Bet will be able to make a huge difference in the new Europe, but it's an interesting thought. European citizens forcing the Commission to implement free and fair trade and restore personal freedoms? Mmm, yes please! The Lisbon Era indeed. Just how different this is from the, er, Nice (?) era remains to be seen. See here http://tinyurl.com/yhopcne for the first campaign – the Right2Bet Campaign – hoping to be the first to utilise Lisbon’s “Citizens Initiative” provision. I’m not sure how far grassroots campaigns like Right2Bet will be able to make a huge difference in the new Europe, but it’s an interesting thought. European citizens forcing the Commission to implement free and fair trade and restore personal freedoms? Mmm, yes please!

]]> By: Hoover http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/welcome-to-the-lisbon-era/comment-page-1/#comment-27683 Hoover Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:21:41 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=6449#comment-27683 Just so, Pavel. This mania for integration and centralisation will end in tears. But we're in the post-democratic age, now. We should celebrate the fact that elites are making up our minds for us. Just so, Pavel.

This mania for integration and centralisation will end in tears.

But we’re in the post-democratic age, now. We should celebrate the fact that elites are making up our minds for us.

]]> By: Pavel from Prague http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/welcome-to-the-lisbon-era/comment-page-1/#comment-27677 Pavel from Prague Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:12:59 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=6449#comment-27677 Bad news. The more European integration, the bigger probability of a serious large-scale policy error. Even today the EU is too big to work properly. After Lisbon, it will become monster. Bad news.

The more European integration, the bigger probability of a serious large-scale policy error. Even today the EU is too big to work properly. After Lisbon, it will become monster.

]]> By: eni http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/welcome-to-the-lisbon-era/comment-page-1/#comment-27676 eni Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:03:24 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=6449#comment-27676 I doubt that there will be a round of enlargement soon. The loom of the economic crisis is still visible and enlargement is not necessarily what people want to hear in such times. Maybe in two years we will begin to hear the e-word again. I doubt that there will be a round of enlargement soon. The loom of the economic crisis is still visible and enlargement is not necessarily what people want to hear in such times. Maybe in two years we will begin to hear the e-word again.

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