NEW EU TREATY EU PRESIDENT!!!

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Bursche said:

StanGable said:
If you are a true Christian then you'll know this is bad. Its sad to know that the beginning of the end of world is being led by Europe with their move to one monetary unit and now the union of all these countries. :(

This isnt the left behind series. Revelations could end up that way, but that is one of MILLIONS of possibilities Revelations can be interpreted.

 

I believe this to be bad. EU is fine as an economic unity, but once it starts to become political, there will be a lot of controversy. Who is to decide what makes up what? Will new boundaries be made, creating each nation as a state or will it be a confederacy of sorts? And how will a new President be elected and will resentment happen if a German is picked over a Frenchman, or an Italian, or whatever. I dont see this as plausible and could very well just lead to an internal conflict. Europe doesnt exactly have the best record of inter-European relations.

 

 I assume you're referring to the World Wars and the centuries of relatively low-key conflicts that preceeded it. Those wars are one of the principle driving forces behind the EU. Europe witnessed first-hand the devastation of total war on a scale which is little more than an academic concept in the rest of the world. Children in Europe grow up surrounded by war memorials and unexploded ordinance.

 The EU is meant to ensure that such an event doesn't happen a third time. The purpose is to build as many links of understanding between European nations as possible, to develop a network of co-dependancy and tolerance that would make military conflict within the EU incomprehensible.