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The Failure of a Forced Marriage

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    #21
    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    I suspect a chunk of the German political classes, having reintegrated the east fairly successfully, are thinking along those lines, and thinking that it can be done.
    I think the German people would disagree with that. 10 years down the line and there is still a special "unification" tax. It has cost the prosperous "West Germany" dear. I can not see them splitting again, but the truth behind the mask is not rosy.
    Just saying like.

    where there's chaos, there's cash !

    I could agree with you, but then we would both be wrong!

    Lowering the tone since 1963

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      #22
      Originally posted by doodab View Post
      I don't think their are rules covering member states merging, or an existing state splitting. It's not unprecedented or impossible for states to leave though.
      Yes, but they would still have the same problem as they have now. The institutions of the EU would not be available to them to govern their new union. They would have to implement a whole new level of parliament.
      Just saying like.

      where there's chaos, there's cash !

      I could agree with you, but then we would both be wrong!

      Lowering the tone since 1963

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        #23
        Originally posted by Arturo Bassick View Post
        I think the German people would disagree with that. 10 years down the line and there is still a special "unification" tax. It has cost the prosperous "West Germany" dear. I can not see them splitting again, but the truth behind the mask is not rosy.
        Some people might, but they don't make the decisions

        I'm sure there are elements of discontent but overall it seems to have gone fairly well, there are still big economic disparities but there hasn't been mass civil unrest or anything like that.
        While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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          #24
          Originally posted by Arturo Bassick View Post
          Yes, but they would still have the same problem as they have now. The institutions of the EU would not be available to them to govern their new union. They would have to implement a whole new level of parliament.
          I'm not sure they see that as an insurmountable problem. It would give them a chance to start over without some of the compromises of the EU, and it would keep the bureaucratic busybodies busy.
          While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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            #25
            Originally posted by doodab View Post
            I'm not sure they see that as an insurmountable problem. It would give them a chance to start over without some of the compromises of the EU, and it would keep the bureaucratic busybodies busy.
            and cost a fortune to an already struggling zone.
            Just saying like.

            where there's chaos, there's cash !

            I could agree with you, but then we would both be wrong!

            Lowering the tone since 1963

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