EU-related ideas; Hendrik Bower; SuK 3

Puh, sorry for editing this post so close to the deadline but despite my good mood last Tuesday it turned out to be a pretty exhausting week.

As this is my first post and I haven't said anything meaningful or interesting yet (obviously)

I should feel the urge to be extremely grateful for every future reader that will ever stumble onto this page of mine. Well I don't  :) 

Probably none of you would be reading this anyway if Hendrik's cruel and tiresome homework assignments didn't include an order to do so.  (I hope each reader will soon become familiar with my particular habit of using sarcasm and that you won't get tired of me making the same mistakes over and over again) 

This week we had to come up with the enormous amount of five possible paper ideas somehow connected to the European Union AND a legitimate reasoning for choosing them. In spite of my busy schedule I managed to complete this humongous task (more or less).

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I 'll just start with my favorite topic so I don't rush writing the others just to finish with this.

The formation of an united European army. I'm a fan of army related material and I'm of course always interested in protecting the interests of my country and its allies. (and of course to protect freedom and peace and liberty and freedom everywhere..okay just a little bit to American)

Nevertheless an alliance as big as the EU needs a force of its own instead of relying on the United States. Don't get me wrong I am and always will be a supporter of every non-violent solution but I am not sure if (considering a worst case scenario) the respective armies of each member state would prove efficient  against a large scale attack. Another very interesting aspect as a future interpreter would be the communication network of such an organization. (and of course a possible employer-> I got that idea from the incredibly impertinent "Proseminar-Evaluierungstest")

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The second one I've always been interested in were the necessary prerequisites to join the the EU. The  Union is growing steadily and I wanted to know which nations are trying to become members and which preparation procedures they have to undergo.

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European parliament and it's "why even bother" laws.  Throughout the last 15 years or so the EU started to pass some really strange laws. My favorite example is the regulation of each barbecue grille manufactured and sold in the Union. Believe me, there are a lot more and they are all hilariously useless compared to every important topic on their agenda.

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Refusal of the common currency.

I always wanted to know why some wealthy nations, like the United Kingdom and Sweden decided not to join the European monetary union.

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Austria as a net contributor to the EU budget

If you look at the party platforms of many political parties (I'm sorry for the repetition I couldn't think of anything else) that gained a lot of influence over the last decade one can see that especially in the wealthier member nations those views are on the rise. A great example is the political landscape/scene in Austria.

Dear reader, (probably only Hendrik),

I hope my list wasn't to exhausting and eventually even turned out to be exhilarating. 

I may have to apologize for making some errors but I think that my third glass of Jack Daniels adjacent to an empty bottle of "Sturm" some "out of line behavior" should be excused.

So to conclude my first post I want to wish each and every one of you who stayed with me throughout all five points a good night... although I sure as hell hope none of you goes to bed at 10:30 p.m. on a FRIDAY night  :)