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07-30-2010, 04:28 AM
The Irish Leave the EU
Friday, July 30, 2010 – by Staff Report
Irish emigration soars as Celtic Tiger's cubs hunt for jobs ... The number of people leaving the Republic has swelled far beyond those of every other country in the European Union, says research. An estimated 40,000 people emigrated last year, according to the EU's statistics office, Eurostat, a rate almost twice as high as that of Lithuania, the next most affected country. It is expected the flow may worsen as the Republic faces years of severe financial difficulties. A research institute has warned that 200,000 people, in a country of 4.5 million, may be forced to emigrate by 2015 if job opportunities do not improve. – Belfast Telegraph
Dominant Social Theme: A sad ending to a notable economic resurgence.
Free-Market Analysis: Did the aggregate Irish populace see this coming? It was not so long ago that the Irish voted twice to provide the EU with additional powers that EU leaders had hoped to achieve via the passage of a constitution. When the French along with a few other countries voted against the constitution, Euro-crats repackaged it as a "treaty" and avoided the electorate altogether except in Ireland.
What was the dominant social theme? Perhaps it was that the EU itself was such a monumental step forward for those who live in Europe, that those who didn't see it simply couldn't be allowed to stand in the way of the progress that the EU offered to all. Of course, these days, that progress is less easy to discern and the Irish themselves have woken up to the downside of the EU and many have apparently made the decision to leave it. Since at this point, Ireland cannot formally leave the EU, people themselves are taking "human action" and leaving on their own. They are emigrating.
Remember the big to-do? The Irish voted against the Lisbon Treaty and suddenly the forward momentum of the EU was halted. It looked as if it really might fall back toward being something along the lines of what had been promised initially, a free-trade zone and not an empire-in-waiting. Alas, it was not to be. Amazingly, the Treaty was sent back to the Irish for a second vote.
There was no real rationale for a second vote. It was simply determined that the Irish had voted wrongly the first time. And with the economy collapsing around their heads, the Irish were told to vote again and that a pro-EU was both expected and necessary. The Irish political elite threw its entire weight behind the Treaty and the poor Irish were virtually bombarded with pro-EU propaganda and mountains of cash. Eventually, the Irish ratified the treaty, which put it into effect for the whole of Europe.
Was it the correct decision?
http://www.thedailybell.com/1253/The-Irish-Leave-the-EU.html
Friday, July 30, 2010 – by Staff Report
Irish emigration soars as Celtic Tiger's cubs hunt for jobs ... The number of people leaving the Republic has swelled far beyond those of every other country in the European Union, says research. An estimated 40,000 people emigrated last year, according to the EU's statistics office, Eurostat, a rate almost twice as high as that of Lithuania, the next most affected country. It is expected the flow may worsen as the Republic faces years of severe financial difficulties. A research institute has warned that 200,000 people, in a country of 4.5 million, may be forced to emigrate by 2015 if job opportunities do not improve. – Belfast Telegraph
Dominant Social Theme: A sad ending to a notable economic resurgence.
Free-Market Analysis: Did the aggregate Irish populace see this coming? It was not so long ago that the Irish voted twice to provide the EU with additional powers that EU leaders had hoped to achieve via the passage of a constitution. When the French along with a few other countries voted against the constitution, Euro-crats repackaged it as a "treaty" and avoided the electorate altogether except in Ireland.
What was the dominant social theme? Perhaps it was that the EU itself was such a monumental step forward for those who live in Europe, that those who didn't see it simply couldn't be allowed to stand in the way of the progress that the EU offered to all. Of course, these days, that progress is less easy to discern and the Irish themselves have woken up to the downside of the EU and many have apparently made the decision to leave it. Since at this point, Ireland cannot formally leave the EU, people themselves are taking "human action" and leaving on their own. They are emigrating.
Remember the big to-do? The Irish voted against the Lisbon Treaty and suddenly the forward momentum of the EU was halted. It looked as if it really might fall back toward being something along the lines of what had been promised initially, a free-trade zone and not an empire-in-waiting. Alas, it was not to be. Amazingly, the Treaty was sent back to the Irish for a second vote.
There was no real rationale for a second vote. It was simply determined that the Irish had voted wrongly the first time. And with the economy collapsing around their heads, the Irish were told to vote again and that a pro-EU was both expected and necessary. The Irish political elite threw its entire weight behind the Treaty and the poor Irish were virtually bombarded with pro-EU propaganda and mountains of cash. Eventually, the Irish ratified the treaty, which put it into effect for the whole of Europe.
Was it the correct decision?
http://www.thedailybell.com/1253/The-Irish-Leave-the-EU.html