Will M U G A And M E G A Follow M A G A?

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/trump-style-victory-the-aim-for-europes-far-right-as-leaders-praise-us-president-at-madrid-conference-13305562

I might be in favour of closer ties with a MEGA leadership in Europe.

[douglas9401]

The Balkan states heave a collective sigh of relief.

[New Judge]

Europe will never be great again so long as the European Union exists.

It is an organisation which eschews the very notion of “greatness”. Its main claim to fame is that it is a “regulatory superpower”.  Most countries aim to be the best at manufacturing, or providing services, or to be a great place to invest or to build businesses. What does the EU excel at? Regulating the life out of all those activities.

It does this so that none of its members can steal a march on any of the others. The result is uniform mediocrity. 

As well as that, it operates under a regime hat refuses to enforce its borders and it is being invaded by hundreds of thousands of people who have no interest in making it great. On the contrary, they are intent on replicating in Europe, the dire conditions that prevail in the places they have come from.

On top of that its members (along with the UK) operate an energy policy that see the highest energy costs in the developed world in pursuit of an unachievable and pointless goal which those countries which do strive for greatness would not touch with  a barge pole.

These are just a few of the deficiencies visited upon Europe by the wretched organisation that controls most of the countries there. None of them will be addressed so long as the structure of the EU remains as it is, and the odd country veering towards more sensible ideals will be swiftly and ruthlessly put down by the EU apparatchiks. 

There is no way that Europe will become great whilst this utter nonsense prevails.

 

[THECORBYLOON]

What does the, "U" in, "MUGA" stand for?

[douglas9401]

Uhmericuh, obvs.

[ToraToraTora]

judge: "Europe will never be great again so long as the European Union exists." - indeed the E stands for Europe judge not the EUSSR.

[Untitled]

i struggle to think of a period in europe's history when it was greater than it is now. 

[New Judge]

"i struggle to think of a period in europe's history when it was greater than it is now."

In what way do you find Europe to be "great" now?

It consists of a collection of very disparate nations, artificially conjoined by a political union over which the members have next to no control. This union aspires to “greatness” on the world stage but just about everything it has done or proposes to do weakens is individual members’ prospects, grinding down their individuality and lessening their chances  of thriving, growing and strengthening.

Europe (as an entirety) never was great. There were always stragglers and outliers which did not cut the mustard. But it had some great individual nations. Those nations have now been subsumed into an amorphous blob which is planned to expand ever further eastwards. The individual nations which did aspire with ambition towards greatness are gradually being ground down to the levels of the  lowest performers in the name of “regulation” and of “harmony”. Any sign that any of them may be veering towards being “great” is swiftly snuffed out les it places he others at a "disadvantage".

The EU is the latest version of the Emperor's New Clothes. It tells everybody it is great, therefore it must be and anyone believing otherwise is too thick to be heeded.

But members of an organisation that has, as its ambition, to become a “regulatory superpower” (one which, by some measures, has already been achieved) will find themselves struggling to become great in anything other than meek compliance.

[Untitled]

"In what way do you find Europe to be "great" now?"

it is a comparatively wealthy and safe group of countries with strong life expectancy and comparatively good standard of living for most people in it. the continent has had only 2 significant wars since 1945 (the yugoslav wars and the ukrainian war) which by historic standards is outstanding and both of which ultimately originated in the collapse of the eastern bloc 

[ToraToraTora]

Bang on judge, the EUSSR is a 1984 like big brother organisation trying to standardise everything, giving everyone what no one wants. Based on socialist protectionism with a communist side order of uniformity for all but a few self appointed dictators. The illusion of the "parliament" is their so the useful idiots can claim a "demoicracy" but it is more of an Orwellian dystopia in reality run by the "commission".