Beet
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« on: May 25, 2015, 11:24:28 PM » |
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The E.U. needs to focus on democratizing and streamlining its internal institutions before accepting new members. The whole fetish towards expansionism of the past 10-15 years over consolidation might be counterproductive.
Ironically we've seen this in the response to Putin himself: when all 28 member states have to agree unanimously to any action, the E.U. becomes like late 18th century Poland, where it's impossible to get anything done. That allows dictators like Putin to take advantage.
And that's even before considering the problems with democratic legitimacy that have emerged since the Euro crisis. The more members there are, the harder it will be to consolidate and the greater chance the whole thing will simply crack up one day.
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