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‘EU lacks sense of society to politically unite’

Thursday, January 5, 2012



‘EU lacks sense of society to politically unite’

 “A monetary union without political union is impossible to maintain,” economist Arjo Klamer said 20 years ago. And as Europe struggles to deal with the euro crisis, the EU countries are still too different to politically unite, Klamer told RT.

Klamer, who is a professor of the Economics of Art and Culture at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, says a political union should be formed now, because stronger fiscal coordination and better social policy would support the euro. However, “There is too much heterogeneity. The countries are too different. 

Countries are too attached to their own sovereignty,” he told RT..... MORE

SourceRT.com

URL: http://rt.com/news/eu-political-union-failure-237/

1 comment

Jesusa Bernardo said...

tawag diyan karma. buti nga sa euro at sa mga bansang sumali sa pagkatay sa libya. pero at imperyalismo para sa kayamanan lang naman talaga nagbubuklod sa inyo, although you creatures are very dangerous and 'killersome' when you do band together, ah.

"“A monetary union without political union is impossible to maintain,” economist Arjo Klamer said 20 years ago. And as Europe struggles to deal with the euro crisis, the EU countries are still too different to politically unite, Klamer told RT.

"Klamer, who is a professor of the Economics of Art and Culture at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, says a political union should be formed now, because stronger fiscal coordination and better social policy would support the euro. However, “There is too much heterogeneity. The countries are too different. Countries are too attached to their own sovereignty,” he told RT."

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