I particulary am worried about this as well: Be it Belgium, Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands -- we are all looking after all sorts of engineers, all sort of nurses (and other people in the white sector,...),... In Western Europe youth unemployment is pretty low -- which is why there is some sort of schism in Europe going on right now. If youth unemployment was so high in Western Europe as it is in Southern Europe -- all hell would have broken loose! I believe that Southern Europe has structural problems that require structural solutions, so cutting the budget is only a plaster on an open wound... We ought to learn something from the USA in all of this. We ought to learn from America the notion of "mobility". Not in the sense of transportation or something, but in the sense of being able to move from one European country to another without worrying about not being able to speak the language. Therefore I think it would be wise, that the European ministers of education make a comprehensive plan to find a way to brake-open primary and secondary education. Sure, I'm being pretty vague since I didn't thought this really through, but there must be a way inwhich, for example, Belgian high school students could attend a high school with Belgian standards and payed for by Belgian taxpayers in which half of the lessons are being thaught in Greek, Hungarian or Polish. Or that Spanish primary school children ought to be able to attend schools in which half of the lessons is given in German, Dutch, Bulgarian or Finnish. And so on. I mean... Fellas, we are heading for straight disaster if all of the well-educated Spanish, Portuguese and Greek youngsters are moving here. Not for us, but how will these countries will ever recover? We need the biggest wave of Europeanization imaginable. From social security to foreign policy, and from labour laws to guarding our external borders... Thoughts and opinions?
If the home country for economic migrants pays the benefits ( the countries shown on the Passport ) , the unemployed can flock where they choose . Quickly they will choose to go where there are jobs . Obviously . That's when we can look to Empire build again . These failed States -- Belgium ,Greece and others will only fester until free market forces resurrect them --- at some point the dead places will find a level where they become investment propositions to those wealthier and more successful parts of the EU -- like Germany and the UK for example . All we have to do is to ensure that everybody speaks English and learns to understand and appreciate Cricket .
Raymondo,... The UK is a mess. If not, I wonder why tens of thousands of Brits are lining up to get gasoline...
OMG Knocked you out in the first round . Since you are so desperate and have had to introduce a new Topic as a course of attempted deflection , I will humour you and respond . As expected , austerity measures are resisted whenever and wherever by Unions .All we have here is the threat of petrol distribution being cut off by Tanker drivers . At this point not one person is short of petrol and our Gov't have instructed that Army personnel will handle distribution IF there is a strike . So there is no "mess" of any description , just the possibility of a strike , which might easily be averted , if both sides negotiate with good overall intent . Naturally , the Govt might wish to be extra tough on the left in order to convey a political message about Unions being advised not to try and hijack a clamp down on total spending as a matter for their convenience and a means for vendetta on a class basis -- you know how twisted and blinkered the left can be when they pretend life and death social issues are at stake . I wonder how we describe other EZ countries where black smoke and flames are the the order of the day . If we are a" mess "for the threat of a strike , the others must be at the gates of Hell on Earth . A clubbing upper cut to the jaw , following the brutal previous round demolition job
Poets, wederom poets! Poets wederom poets wederom poets! Raymondo -- you're a mess. I clearly was playing you, and I played you like a Stradivari allright. Stop making such obnoxious posts please. Thanks ~ all members of PF.com
You weren't playing me for anything . You now have heard the strike has been called off and you realise you have made a fool of yourself again !! You write too impetuously and without full deliberation . Stop falling into holes that should not really be there . And stop finding Posts , obnoxious , only when you have lost disastrously . Americans shout Troll when they are lost for words . Obnoxious , is your version of Trolling .
i appreciate your comment is lighthearted . Unfortunately that is not in Janpoor's repertoire . It does , however , reveal an interesting point . A Minister sensibly and reasonably indicated that it might be a smart move to fill up with extra petrol , in case there was a strike . But the worker ants went hysterical of their own choice . Once a thing hits the Internet , it goes viral almost instantly . We had a strike in 2000 and the Labour Govt was caught totally unprepared . This time the Govt tried to be seen as sensible . Conclusion --- never trust "the people" to act sensibly as a group .They can and will be as stupid as there are ways in which to be stupid . We could call it , Janpoor's Law of Social Inertia .
Yet again, you just start to annoy me immensly with your sense of self-congratulatory hocus-pocus. BTW -- I was playing around with your obvious trolling attempt in case you were wondering, namely: => made me (because it is absolutely unimaginable you could honestly believe that, very orginal on your part, Ray.) So don't behave like a dumbass in all of this.
