EU President: EU is the new Soviet Union

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im_sneaky said:

non-gravity said:

im_sneaky said:
I want to see how the EU turns out. Will they continue to meld together, to form an economic superpower? Or will they remain simply a collection of countries? Europe's day, the times of English, French, Spanish, Dutch, imperial powers is gone. Their populations aren't increasing fast enough, and they can't keep up with the US and China.

 

 The world has no need for increasing populations. The US is not in particular great shape at the moment. And China is not even close to the Almighty United States of Europe

 

There's only so much money you can have if your pop is 60m. If that stays relatively the same, you can count on slow growth from increasing efficiency. But when China is quickly catching up [though still oh so far away] in efficiency, and the USA is growing quickly due to immigration, West Europe is falling behind.

As far as this goes for Germany: you could make it to the number 3 industrial nation and leading export-nation (in value 2007, and 2008) with just over 80 million inhabitants. It's just a question how highly skilled/educated your people are. This increase in population didn't help the US in the last years.

 

Btt.:

The money is welcome, but that's it for Klaus. Same with Ireland. It was nearly a third world country before it joined the EU, lower taxes, possible because of EU-money made the growth work. But people won't get it. And therefore populists like Klaus will win elections. And therefore the EU won't get the power it deserves.