Originally Posted by
lordjohn
Lets not look at the EU through rose tinted glasses here.
Granted in the early years we did get money from the EU tio bring our economy and standard of living up, but the money was handed over on the basis that when the Irish became more wealthy that we would begin to buy more and more goods made by the bigger European economies, that was evidenced during the boom years with more German BMW's, Mercs etc.
Also for the last 10 years or so Ireland has been a nett contributor to the EU, so we have been giving in a lot more than we have been taken out.
The Euros and possibly the EU's days are numbered as the two will implode.
(1) The Euro, 40% of Germans want to pull out of the Euro that poll was taken several weeks ago before the full cost of the Greek bailout was announced at 120Bn, Germany now has to pump in 80bn. This is really like a finger in the dike as Spain will be next, will Germany fork out hunereds of billions to prop up another basket case economy, or will they say fuck you lads I'm outta here.
(2) The EU will possibly implode soon after or if not implode the richer states, Germany, UK and France will form a higher EU and leave the knackery countries to fend for themselves, you can include Ireland in this club.