Most tourists are absolute shite, but those that live abroad make the effort from what I've seen/heard.
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Most tourists are absolute shite, but those that live abroad make the effort from what I've seen/heard.
How are the french in the UK, we are generally terrible with foreign languages and try to live together?
I was in Dublin with a work group last night with a very multicultural group, four of the french sat next to me and marginalised me. They annexed me from the group, I was quite pissed off about it.
Is 'passive aggressive' the right term these days?
A country can only join europe if every single country agrees for it to join. With changes to the eu budget being imminent i doubt that countries are in a mood to allow countries in
Also all 3 are at the frontier of the immigration wave, 2 of whom are muslim. Allowing turkey or morocco in will give fuel to le pen and co to be come more popular. Ukraine will be a declaration of war with russia something the eu wont want for obvious reasons.
There is no doubt that brexit will hurt the eu. But i repeat, can a country live without some sort of preferential deal with the very continemt its part of?
The younger ones make the effort more but in my experience, it's quite embarrassing. Countless times I've been told it makes a change for an "anglais" to be able to speak french. I know some people have lived here over 20 years and can barely get past "Bonjour" and "merci"
However you want to quibble about terminology the EU won't allow Greece and Italy to default, not in any real "We are never paying our debt back" type affair possibly barring some cataclysmic world financial crisis. That doesn't mean some of it won't get written off at some point. The bottom line is that your worst case scenario is incredibly unlikely to happen.
And ignoring your Thatcheresk economics for toddlers scenario, the UK had the best deal in the UK. Of course we were a slight net contributor and like other net contributors this is a very small price to pay for access to the free market and free movement of labor. EU migrants in the UK give us a net benefit of a couple of billion a year for starters.
And adding the rest of the Balkan states would be the next logical steps. Not letting in the problematic countries that you mention. And the EU is about stability and spreading and cementing liberal democracy for the whole region - again a very small price t pay. Access to the single market alone is worth far more.
Yeah, that's us.
French will never speak anything else than french if they are more than three.
Yeah, that's us.
French will never speak anything else than french if they are more than three.
what can I say, they hate their american masters
I am. I'd hate for Turkey to be a part of the EU.
Doubt any Muslim-majority country will ever be allowed in the EU, including Albania and Bosnia.
Yup, you are probably right. It's the one hurdle that Kosovo, Albania and Bosnia will face.
Our daughter used to live in Brook Green, near Hammersmith in West London. It has more French nationals living there than almost anywhere else in the UK, complete with French schools, etc.
Whenever we went there, we felt as though we were in one of the better areas of Paris - not exactly the 16th or 17th, but you know what I mean.
So yes, they do tend to stick together in the UK ( and which, I suppose, is why our daughter was living there ) but contrary to your modesty, every French national I came across spoke excellent English.
Edited to add - And with that impossible-to-resist sexy French accent.
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Yeah I forgot Kosovo, in any case it's pretty much an American colony right now with few signs of that changing anytime soon.
Who knows ?
This is more like the EU that I'm used to....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39232136
In the case of France, last summer it was said that we would give britons citizenships without questions. Basically if a briton asks for a residency card, he is going to have it relatively fast.
I did read the Wiki, so there was no need for a repost. I still don't see how the are preparing Morocco for EU membership
What makes me laugh about Turkey's case is that everyone's always talking about it like Turkey actually wants to be a part of the EU, whereas the reality is that Turkish people are incredibly apathetic about the idea. Since what you've said it more than likely true, and what I've said certainly is, it's pretty irritating to constantly see uninformed opinions about Turkey's position on the EU.
The EU would never actually use those words.
I was just saying I've seen the same criticism you mentioned aimed at people from within the EU.
In my experience the light to heavy xenophobia towards immigrates over not speaking the native language or not having the native accent has almost nothing to do with practicality, it has more to do with a simply a dislike of people be different.
You have severe problems understanding basic political procedures. Nothing there indicates any chance for Morroco to join the EU.
See people, that's why I'm against direct democracy
FENNER....
Interesting link here -
https://www.quora.com/Does-Turkey-want-to-join-the-EU-Why
If I understand it correctly, it seems Turkey has about the same 50/50 split over joining the EU as the UK has about staying in the EU - ie, Big Business says yes, the average man-in-the-street says no....
Interesting link here -
https://www.quora.com/Does-Turkey-want-to-join-the-EU-Why
If I understand it correctly, it seems Turkey has about the same 50/50 split over joining the EU as the UK has about staying in the EU - ie, Big Business says yes, the average man-in-the-street says no....
can we introduce some cars into this mix?
We can give you Renault.
You're really quite insulting, aren't you ? Two replies, four personal insults.
You probably think Suarez isn't a cheat, either....Anyway,
' integration of the single market on the basis of gradual adoption of the Community acquis and sectoral cooperation '
Definition of Community Acquis -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquis_communautaire
So....
You're suggesting that the €1.5 billion wasn't for integration of the single market on the basis of gradual adoption of the Community acquis but that the EU gave Morocco €1.5 billion because it found a bit of spare cash lying in the bottom of a draw of someone's desk in Brussels and they didn't need the cash themselves ?
Or are you suggesting that the € 1.5 billion was a sweetener to STOP Morocco from applying for EU membership....
Countries have the ability to veto the entry of others; the chances of nations like Morocco and Turkey getting in are between extremely slim and non-existent.
All you really need to do is read the first two answers. The second one in particular, submitted back in late 2014, is a good summary of Turkish attitudes on EU membership that still exist today, probably more so. Essentially, the EU's a bit full of itself and Turkey isn't having it.
That's more or less making Morocco a second Turkey, who are not getting into the EU.
I'd never even heard about Morocco potentially joining the EU until I saw it on here. Sounds like the typical scaremongering bollocks.
They have no chance, I know that when they tried to convince EU members that it was an idea, they have been politely told that they were africans. The EU is willing to have a strong relationship with African nations but there will be no membership.
Because they're not going to join
https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage_en/8398/ ENP Action Plans
This will probably start rumours that Palestine, Egypt, Armenia and Jordan will be joining soon
More likely is England to become the 51st state of the USA
If the idea picked up enough momentum, you'd still see stupid headlines like "Morrocout!" and "Marakeshing in"
I still remember the headline about 20 million Turkish people being ready to flood into the UK after becoming an EU member. I don't know whether to find it offensive or amusing.
I still remember the headline about 20 million Turkish people being ready to flood into the UK after becoming an EU member. I don't know whether to find it offensive or amusing.
As the UK is going to become a third World country after BREXIT ( well, according to a lot of posters on here and lots of the EU's and UK's own politicians ) do you think the EU will take pity on the them and work to develop a similar ' strong relationship ' with the UK ?
Nope....Thought not....
You're just trying to dodge the original issue now, namely that Morocco and Turkey aren't going to be joining the EU, and the suggestion they will is inaccurate.
I speak English wherever i go and whoever i talk to if i can get away with it, i am comfortable with that.
I said from start that I don't understand the idea of Brexit and I also don't believe that Armageddon is the next step for the UK. The EU and UK will find a way to make both richer and will have a special bond.
You live in Holland though and day to day life should be more simple for you than most places in Europe if you don't speak the language. If you are conversing with commercial or business people there's a good chance they will speak English in many more countries.
Used to do a lot of business in Holland and always spoke English when I went there on business - could understand a bit of Dutch with my fading knowledge of German