al of ever achieving a united states of Europe. A good example of this is the language problem. Inability to decide on a common language has created vast inefficiency in the EUs proceedings costing money and time. The EUs agenda is still to be the world economic leader by the year 2010. Centralized European governments as they stand make this goal impractical and unreachable. Another reason may be skepticism over the future of the EU. To an extent I feel this is why the UK has shielded itself from extended involvement. I think they are waiting for the EU to become more established before giving up any more independence. For them if the EU does not live up to their standards they can always look to the US and Canada for a possible alliance. This is not so far fetched when you consider their roots are more extended to the overseas English speaking democracies than most of their European counterparts. England is also most interested in the well being of England. That is, they will consider their policy and economy over the interest of anyone elses, explaining why the European Union is still a risky partner for them. It is my opinion that the decentralization of these governments will have to be a priority before economic superiority may be acquired.THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE EU AND CANDIDATE STATESEnlargement of the European Union may be viewed as a double-edged sword. While new countries would bring added resources to the community, developing those less developed nations into something that may return economic profit is a difficult task. It is not just money that needs to be invested, but also education and entrepreneurship. These will be necessary to overcome, what is in most cases, centuries of ignorance, poverty, and bigotry. And doing this is harder in reality than on paper, for even if the EU gives the people the tools needed to create success, there is no assurance that the people will use them to the benefit of the EUs interest. It i...
