Re:Emmanuel Macron Wins French Presidency in Boost to EU
by riffraff on Sunday May 07, 2017 @03:30PM
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FYI, Spain just had +0.8% GDP growth on the last quarter, +3% YoY.
Italy OTOH had about 0.9% in the last year, even if it got a lot of flexibility from the EU.
The EU might have screwed up Greece, but "depression in southern europe caused by EU policies" is not a thing, each souther european state has had drastically different developments.
Re:Emmanuel Macron Wins French Presidency in Boost to EU
by hyperbovine on Sunday May 07, 2017 @03:24PM
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The voters of France, which suffers from both of the problems you mentioned, appear to emphatically disagree.
Re:Emmanuel Macron Wins French Presidency in Boost to EU
by maolt on Sunday May 07, 2017 @03:28PM
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25% of french voters did not show up.
12% of voters that did come vote put in a blank ballot paper.
Macron received 65% of votes despite being against the most opposed competitor on the french political scene.
We do not seem to give the same meaning to "emphatically disagree".
Trapped by its own bureaucratic institutions, the EU is incapable of solving its two key problem areas: Immigration thru the asylum system and handling of the economic depression in southern europe caused by economic policies set by the EU.