Romania also joined the EU back in 2008 I guess. We were promised "EU funds" bla bla , however the fact is - we paid about 8 times more money TO the EU in comparison with what we got. Where exactly is the money going? Looks like all the countries are trapped like this, just wondering what is happening with all the money?

I think that the real objective of the EU, and the real reason that the UK is resisting, is being left out of the discussion.

Until now, the EU have mainly been funded by customs related revenues and membership dues. The tax on financial transactions, will be the first EU tax, and the EU aristocracy wants it bad... They produce 70 percent of the legislation, receive 3 to 4 times the pay of an equivalent northern european job, pays very little taxes, and they don't have the ability to tax.

Not only would 80 percent of the tax be paid by the UK, but at the same time the EU would push for others taxes. After all, there's no sense in wasting a perfectly good recession when you can use it to push for more power to the EU and less power for the national parliaments.

Did any one catch that interview with Ms Le pen, last night? On Sky News. She also wants to pull out of the euro, she is leader of the Front National Francais. A French right wing goose stepper. Sarkozy had best watch him self. The next french elections will be interesting to say the least. She agrees with Cameron 100%.

Originally posted by illuminnaughty
Did any one catch that interview with Ms Le pen, last night? On Sky News. She also wants to pull out of the euro, she is leader of the Front National Francais. A French right wing goose stepper. Sarkozy had best watch him self. The next french elections will be interesting to say the least. She agrees with Cameron 100%.

I saw the last minute or so of that discussion, and am I right in saying she spoke French all the way through?

To be honest I think this is a very dangerous time. People all over Europe are looking for someone with answers, and of it's the right-wing providing those answers we could very well see an incredible rise in nationalist governments, and that will not help anyone.

We don't want to go from one extreme to the other. We need balanced government, with leaders able to protect our interests as citizens without being overly authoritarian and meddling.

History does seem to be repeating itself, and I fear we have definitely not learned from it.