Chirac walks out of talks

**Mailman** · 24 March 2006, 09:27

This is why I dont see the EU ever becoming a threat to England...let alone America!

Leave it up to the [insert which ever EU country you want to rant against] to look after their national interests ahead of those of the EU!

Mailman

**The Lone Gunman** · 24 March 2006, 09:29

Originally posted by Mailman

This is why I dont see the EU ever becoming a threat to England...let alone America!

Leave it up to the [insert which ever EU country you want to rant against] to look after their national interests ahead of those of the EU!

Mailman

For a change PostmanPrat makes a good point. The EU is never going to work as long as its individual members are working for their own interests and not the common good.

I say the UK should pull out.

**Antman** · 24 March 2006, 09:45

I say we stay put. The EU has done a few good things and up until Blair renounced the rebate, the reasons for staying in far outweighed leaving.

**The Lone Gunman** · 24 March 2006, 09:51

Originally posted by Antman

I say we stay put. The EU has done a few good things and up until Blair renounced the rebate, the reasons for staying in far outweighed leaving.

It is an expensive talking shop that has cost us a lot of money and destroyed many of our industries. Do you know any fishermen?

**Dundeegeorge** · 24 March 2006, 09:52

And those reasons would be?

Originally posted by Antman

I say we stay put. The EU has done a few good things and up until Blair renounced the rebate, the reasons for staying in far outweighed leaving.

Please expand, it's a dreich friday morning, I could do with a laugh.

**Antman** · 24 March 2006, 09:56

Thanks to some EU banking services directive whose name I can't remember I can transfer 1000 euros from a Spanish bank acc. to a Belgian one and pay 4 euros in charges, previously it would cost me 25 euros and take upto 4 days

**Dundeegeorge** · 24 March 2006, 10:00

Well that's certainly worth the...

Originally posted by Antman

Thanks to some EU banking services directive whose name I can't remember I can transfer 1000 euros from a Spanish bank acc. to a Belgian one and pay 4 euros in charges, previously it would cost me 25 euros and take upto 4 days

does anyone actually know how much we've pissed up the wall of the EU, excuse me, invested in the european partnership?

**Antman** · 24 March 2006, 10:00

Lone gunman I agree it is a vastly overrated talking shop, there is too much bureaucracy.

Explain the fisherman point though

**Mordac** · 24 March 2006, 10:19

Originally posted by Antman

I say we stay put. The EU has done a few good things and up until Blair renounced the rebate, the reasons for staying in far outweighed leaving.

It's alright for you in Madrid, UK taxpayers are paying for all your roads. While you help yourselves to our fish.

Chirac walks out of talks