2007-03-14 22:54:34 · 12 answers · asked by Chris 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Your so right (Bring me) Shame on me thanks for putting that straight !!!
2007-03-15 03:08:45 · update #1
If we had stayed as a trading partner as was the original intention, then fine. It's the political interference that makes me mad. A very bad thing indeed.
2007-03-16 21:16:02 · answer #1 · answered by selkent 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question is flawed! The EEC was formed in 1957 but Britain wasn't a founding member - it didn't join until 1973. Germany and France were two of the founding members.
The EU has brought both good and bad things to this country; it has upheld the ban on capital punishment (good) and it allowed women to claim carers allowance when the Thatcher government tried to stop this. This affected my family as my mum could now look after my disabled brother without being hassled by extra bills.
Bad things? Subsidies to farmers to produce extra food that will never be eaten. This needs to be changed root and branch. How can this happen when people are starving?
2007-03-15 00:46:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a good question which is not easy to answer in a few lines!
Initially, it was meant as a common trading market; that's good. Then there came the question of rebates for under-performing countries. That's good, as Britain qualified thanks to Maggie's robust challenge. Then it became more political than commercial. That's beginning to be bad. Now it's more or less all political with a view to a Federal state and a constitution; that's very bad.
2007-03-14 23:02:46 · answer #3 · answered by michael w 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Exceptionally bad. The original concept for the EEC was very good- a nation of G7 natinos trading between each other but unfortunately the EU, the EU Parliament and all the loony add-onbs as well as the inclusion of Euroslums has made the whole original EEC Gents Club rather unbearable.
2007-03-14 23:19:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I have to say it's a bad thing for Britain. They needed to stay as a totally independent Nation apart from the European market.
2007-03-14 23:06:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
We have a very obvious opportunity to make it a good thing, but we seem to be unable to stop trading in the US dollar for one reason or another. The problem is further compounded by packs of people who really think their identity is defined by the word 'pound.'
We've joined the market but we don't properly participate; of course we aren't reaping all the benefits we could be reaping.
2007-03-14 23:38:03 · answer #6 · answered by singlecell_amoeba 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No difference to the working classes
2007-03-15 00:04:46 · answer #7 · answered by cassidy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bad, very bad. England is in Germany's shadow.
France is never to be trusted.
Economy has stalled, EU is a vehicle for Franco-Germanic supremacy. Bloody bastards took the kippers, every blasted one...
2007-03-14 22:59:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
Very ,Very Bad --- A Disaster --- we gave our Country "Away" --- well done Ted Heath and Co.......
2007-03-15 07:07:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
verry bad to enter
2007-03-14 23:00:48 · answer #10 · answered by terry m 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋