06-12-2002, 12:39 PM
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Originally posted by Ar-Cunin:
Up til now only americans have posted in this thread [img]graemlins/uhoh1.gif[/img]
So for a European perspective:
Personally I have no fear of a 'United states of Europe' (or World for that matter) - I think it is the logical future for an increasingly 'global' world.
However I'm also realistic - it will take many decades for this to happen - quite possibly now in my lifetime.
As for a president of Europe - no thanks. Let us just have a Prime-minister to avoid that too much power is given to one person.
P.S. As for the electoral college idea: Isn't this the same college/system that insured that the candidate that got the most votes in the last US presidental election (Gore) did NOT win the election. If it is - then I think that Europe can come up with a better/more modern system of choosing a leader.
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Ar-Cunin, if you read the article I linked in the first post, you will see that the smaller nations fear that France, Germany and the UK will rule and the smaller states will have next to no say, since their smaller populations will mean fewer votes for those countrys. The Electoral College was basicly created to keep the more populous states from bullying the smaller states and allowing the smaller states to have a meaningful impact on the nations elections, otherwise they may as well not vote at all.
I didn't say ya'll had to use it, Im justsaying it has worked quite well for the USA for 200 years...now we have grown beyond it and may not need it any more...but the EU is facing the same sorts of Iussues as the US did when it was first coming together.
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