Do you think it is better for a European country to join EU or not??? (in general)?

Question

Why or why not?

2. Do you think it is better for a relatively poor (or rich) European country to join EU or not??? and why or why not??? For example, Germany is considered a rich country in Europe and Serbia is not.

Answer 1

The poorer a country is, the more are the benefits of financial help and subsidies they could gain when being a member state. The richer a country is, the more it has to share its wealth with the poorer members... Joining the EU will introduce European rules to a country which has good and also bad aspects...finally, the EU life-style is getting unified which makes life-styles quite boring and leaves you hardly any alternative life-style anymore. And as for the economic power... forget it ! Since the common people have no profit from the growing budgets. German people have become as poor as never before after the 2nd WW ever since the EU was started ... but the business world is strong, rich, and wealthy.

Answer 2

I think joining the EU has advantages for most kinds of countries. European countries in general are pretty small. It's useful for them to unite and to speak with one voice; otherwise many countries would be insignificant.

In order to join the EU, many countries have to improve in many aspects. Corruption needs to be limited, environmental issues need to be targeted, etc.



Rich and poor EU countries both have advantages from joining the EU. Exporting and importing products becomes cheaper and easier which has positive effects on the economy. Economically strong countries that are good at exporting goods such as Germany will benefit from this a lot. Poorer countries can also sell their goods more easily and in addition will get subsidized in many fields.



There's one "downside" though. The national policy will be influenced by the EU. The government cannot act completely freely anymore but has to act within the legal borders of the EU. Since some governments are acting stupid anyway this doesn't always have to be a bad thing though (romania for example whose government seeks to undermine freedom of speech)

Answer 3

I know that people will bash me for saying this, but there are huge cultural differences between people in the southern parts of europe and those from the northern/western parts. One such difference is the fact that life in the northern parts is more strict, the cities are cleaner, people tend to wake up earlier for work, they work longer days etc.



Obviously the "lazy" poorer states benefit from joining, but I want out of it as a Swede. I feel sorry for the germans. A superpower being dragged down by alot of underdeveloped states.