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**voksveta** · 03-20-2007, 08:12 PM

Originally posted by Saras
Intra-EU free trade and enlargement brought and still brings prosperity and a better life to millions of Central & Eastern Europeans. Are you saying French voters would have objected to enlargement had it been put up for referendum? They did that to Norway in 1962 and 1967

. The argument is that the EU institutions should have been adapted BEFORE the enlargement. If it had been done, we would not be now in a situation were the budget contributed by the old members is at the same level than before, for instance, which prevent the new members to receive the same help than previous incoming menbers had receive (but apparently it was not necessary for their prosperity!). And without the changes included in the Constitution, the current decision process will prevent useful changes; which means that the Union will not move..

03-20-2007, 08:12 PM	#19
voksveta Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 579 Senior Member	Originally posted by Saras Intra-EU free trade and enlargement brought and still brings prosperity and a better life to millions of Central & Eastern Europeans. Are you saying French voters would have objected to enlargement had it been put up for referendum? They did that to Norway in 1962 and 1967 . The argument is that the EU institutions should have been adapted BEFORE the enlargement. If it had been done, we would not be now in a situation were the budget contributed by the old members is at the same level than before, for instance, which prevent the new members to receive the same help than previous incoming menbers had receive (but apparently it was not necessary for their prosperity!). And without the changes included in the Constitution, the current decision process will prevent useful changes; which means that the Union will not move..
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