How can someone sell the merits of fiscal union in a place like Britain when France and Germany break their own treaty obligations whenever convenient?
I agree that it is a major problem, that France and Germany are breaking the stability treaty. But again, since you make it sound that Germany deliberately disrespects this treaty (at least thats how breaking whenever convinient sounds to me) let me say that it is not unwillingness to fullfill the treaty, but rather the inaptitude of our politicians (and the lobby groups) to do the reforms necessary to bring state finances and economy back on track. In some sense I hope for the additional pressure due to the stability pact that our politicians finally get their act together...
I dont know the situation in France, but it might be similar.
Yes, its strange how the same news can be interpreted differently. I just came here from (usually very open source friendly) www.heise.de, and there the headline was "Europaparlament gibt Softwarepatenten einen Korb" ("European parlament turns down software patents", hope thats about the correct translation)
If I am to believe what the Financial Times reports,...
Sorry, I didnt quite get that you were refering to the Finacial Times. So forget the wild guessing part of my reply, sorry. But then the answer is: No, you are not to believe the Finacial Times...;)
Which EU *Member State* do you live in? If I am to believe what the Financial Times reports, the turnout for EU Parliament elections in the U.K. are frequently at or below the 10% threshhold. I would also imagine that in other EU Member States that have a low regard for the Eurocracy also poll quite low as well (Sweden perhaps?)...
Why dont you just inform yoursel before just writing some wild guesses and thus givin a wrong impression? A simple Google search ("europarl European Elections") gives you as 4th link the UK office of the european parlament with information on the election turnout (http://www.europarl.org.uk/guide/textonly/Gelectt x.htm#facts) (please not the word facts at the end...;) ).
To quote some numbers: UK turnout has been between 24% and 36% in the last 5 elections, which is not at or below the 10% threshhold. Sweden had a turnout of 41.6% and 38.3% in the 2 elections it took part. Denmark had between 46.1% and 52.9%. Belgium had aturnout alway >=90%. EU average had been between 49.4% and 63%. Unfortunately there is a negative trend, so in 20 years your statement might become true (which is especially sad because the EU parlament becomes more and more important...)
if France and Germany are not forced to meet their treaty obligations...
As a German I can say that at least the fact that Germany is breaking the stability pact for the second year in a row is not due to unwillingness, but due to inaptitude
I dont think that Bavarian culture and live in Bavaria in general is defined by the Bayernkurier. People in Bavaria are more diverse than you might expect, and I think it is strange that someone who calls himself liberal (at least thats what I have read from your post) is so prejudiced about a whole group of people.
Well, and I dont understand your problem with the Zentralabitur. I dont see why the questions in a Zentralabitur should be more similar year to year, and I also dont see why it is more difficult if a teacher selects the questions for his pupils himself instead of getting a common set of questions which are based on suggestions from teachers all over the state. If you teacher didnt like your class, it might be more difficult, if he/she liked your class, you might be actually better of...;)
If I remember correctly, about 35-40% of the people in my (Bavarian) hometown leave school with the Abitur. I wouldnt call this "education for the few". I think that an ideal education system should try to give everybody education on the right level (of course, this is an idealisation and not really feasable to the full extend...). Thats what you have different types of schools for.
That Bavaria is importing people with abitur and academic education from other states might very well be possible, and given the differences in the job market in Germany it is not unsurprising.
I wonder if the systems at the power plants had DCOM enabled....:-)
Well, if not the power plants, maybe the power grid.;) From http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/ju-15.08.03-00 1/ (German):
"National Grid USA is reference customer of Northern Dynamics. This company calls itself "Home of the OPC experts"... OPC stands for 'OLE for Process Control' and is based on Microsofts COM/DCOM model."
Sorry, but the bombing of Dresden was part of the plan to use the "bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror" (Winston Churchill). It was not not an attack on the Dresden industry with some unfortunat civil casualties (which would have been unpreventable with the 1940s technology, and sad but justified). That there was a firestorm was not "unfortunate", but deliberately caused by using the "right" bombs( phosphor...). It was an attack to flatten a city with ~650.000 inhabitants, nothing more nothing less.
(Churchill quote above taken from http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWdres den.ht m)
But at least until 2000 (and then Saddam was already The Bad Guy(TM)):
" Iraq's economy is dominated by the oil sector, which has traditionally provided about 95% of foreign exchange earnings."
Exports - partners:
US 46.2%, Italy 12.2%, France 9.6%, Spain 8.6% (2000)
(Source: CIA World Factbook, http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/fac tbook/geos/ iz.html )
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Hmm, I see it the other way round. Why should MY government (which is, by strange coincidence, the German government) pay MY tax dollars^H^H^Heuros for commercial software, which doesn't benefit me in any way, instead of funding the development of something which might be of good use for me personally (and, of course, others, but this doesn't hurt me at all).
Nevertheless, the area code system in the US seems to be a bit of a mess (at least by looking from the other side of the atlantik..;) ). To use 2 or more area code for the same area is somehow strange. In Germany we have one prefix code per area, longer once for rural areas, shorter ones for large cities (to allow for a larger number space with the same total number of digits). So 030 is Berlin, 089 is Munich, while all numbers starting with 08xyy (where y=[0-8]) are numbers around Munich.
But if a mobile phone number says something about where the owner lives, that would mean that he/she would have to change the number if he/she moves, right? Why the heck should I change my mobile(!) phone number, just because I move to another place (as long as bove areas are covered by the same operator, at least)?
That schools are 'generously equipped with crosses' is only true for primary schools in Bavaria, AFAIK. It is true that the 'church tax' system is a bit old-fashioned, though. But I surely don't think that you can say that Germany is ruled by a powerful religious lobby. I have the feeling that most of the time the church complains about something it doesn't change really much.
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How can someone sell the merits of fiscal union in a place like Britain when France and Germany break their own treaty obligations whenever convenient?
I agree that it is a major problem, that France and Germany are breaking the stability treaty. But again, since you make it sound that Germany deliberately disrespects this treaty (at least thats how breaking whenever convinient sounds to me) let me say that it is not unwillingness to fullfill the treaty, but rather the inaptitude of our politicians (and the lobby groups) to do the reforms necessary to bring state finances and economy back on track. In some sense I hope for the additional pressure due to the stability pact that our politicians finally get their act together...
I dont know the situation in France, but it might be similar.
Yes, its strange how the same news can be interpreted differently. I just came here from (usually very open source friendly) www.heise.de, and there the headline was "Europaparlament gibt Softwarepatenten einen Korb" ("European parlament turns down software patents", hope thats about the correct translation)
Ah, thanks, that explains this numbers, of course. It looked a bit suspicious... ;)
If I am to believe what the Financial Times reports,...
;)
Sorry, I didnt quite get that you were refering to the Finacial Times. So forget the wild guessing part of my reply, sorry. But then the answer is: No, you are not to believe the Finacial Times...
Which EU *Member State* do you live in? If I am to believe what the Financial Times reports, the turnout for EU Parliament elections in the U.K. are frequently at or below the 10% threshhold. I would also imagine that in other EU Member States that have a low regard for the Eurocracy also poll quite low as well (Sweden perhaps?)...
t x.htm#facts) (please not the word facts at the end... ;) ).
Why dont you just inform yoursel before just writing some wild guesses and thus givin a wrong impression? A simple Google search ("europarl European Elections") gives you as 4th link the UK office of the european parlament with information on the election turnout (http://www.europarl.org.uk/guide/textonly/Gelect
To quote some numbers:
UK turnout has been between 24% and 36% in the last 5 elections, which is not at or below the 10% threshhold.
Sweden had a turnout of 41.6% and 38.3% in the 2 elections it took part.
Denmark had between 46.1% and 52.9%.
Belgium had aturnout alway >=90%.
EU average had been between 49.4% and 63%.
Unfortunately there is a negative trend, so in 20 years your statement might become true (which is especially sad because the EU parlament becomes more and more important...)
if France and Germany are not forced to meet their treaty obligations...
As a German I can say that at least the fact that Germany is breaking the stability pact for the second year in a row is not due to unwillingness, but due to inaptitude
I dont think that Bavarian culture and live in Bavaria in general is defined by the Bayernkurier. People in Bavaria are more diverse than you might expect, and I think it is strange that someone who calls himself liberal (at least thats what I have read from your post) is so prejudiced about a whole group of people.
;)
Well, and I dont understand your problem with the Zentralabitur. I dont see why the questions in a Zentralabitur should be more similar year to year, and I also dont see why it is more difficult if a teacher selects the questions for his pupils himself instead of getting a common set of questions which are based on suggestions from teachers all over the state. If you teacher didnt like your class, it might be more difficult, if he/she liked your class, you might be actually better of...
If I remember correctly, about 35-40% of the people in my (Bavarian) hometown leave school with the Abitur. I wouldnt call this "education for the few". I think that an ideal education system should try to give everybody education on the right level (of course, this is an idealisation and not really feasable to the full extend...). Thats what you have different types of schools for.
That Bavaria is importing people with abitur and academic education from other states might very well be possible, and given the differences in the job market in Germany it is not unsurprising.
I wonder if the systems at the power plants had DCOM enabled.... :-)
;)0 1/ (German):
Well, if not the power plants, maybe the power grid.
From http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/ju-15.08.03-0
"National Grid USA is reference customer of Northern Dynamics. This company calls itself "Home of the OPC experts"... OPC stands for 'OLE for Process Control' and is based on Microsofts COM/DCOM model."
Sorry, but the bombing of Dresden was part of the plan to use the "bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror" (Winston Churchill). It was not not an attack on the Dresden industry with some unfortunat civil casualties (which would have been unpreventable with the 1940s technology, and sad but justified). That there was a firestorm was not "unfortunate", but deliberately caused by using the "right" bombs( phosphor...). It was an attack to flatten a city with ~650.000 inhabitants, nothing more nothing less.
s den.ht m)
(Churchill quote above taken from
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWdre
> WE DON'T BUY IRAQI OIL.
c tbook/geos/ iz.html
Well, at the moment surely not.
But at least until 2000 (and then Saddam was already The Bad Guy(TM)):
" Iraq's economy is dominated by the oil sector, which has traditionally provided about 95% of foreign exchange earnings."
Exports - partners:
US 46.2%, Italy 12.2%, France 9.6%, Spain 8.6% (2000)
(Source: CIA World Factbook,
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/fa
)
Hmm, I see it the other way round. Why should MY government (which is, by strange coincidence, the German government) pay MY tax dollars^H^H^Heuros for commercial software, which doesn't benefit me in any way, instead of funding the development of something which might be of good use for me personally (and, of course, others, but this doesn't hurt me at all).
I obviously wanted to say "...with 08xyy (where x=[0-8])..." ;)
Nevertheless, the area code system in the US seems to be a bit of a mess (at least by looking from the other side of the atlantik.. ;) ). To use 2 or more area code for the same area is somehow strange. In Germany we have one prefix code per area, longer once for rural areas, shorter ones for large cities (to allow for a larger number space with the same total number of digits). So 030 is Berlin, 089 is Munich, while all numbers starting with 08xyy (where y=[0-8]) are numbers around Munich.
But if a mobile phone number says something about where the owner lives, that would mean that he/she would have to change the number if he/she moves, right? Why the heck should I change my mobile(!) phone number, just because I move to another place (as long as bove areas are covered by the same operator, at least)?
That schools are 'generously equipped with crosses' is only true for primary schools in Bavaria, AFAIK. It is true that the 'church tax' system is a bit old-fashioned, though. But I surely don't think that you can say that Germany is ruled by a powerful religious lobby. I have the feeling that most of the time the church complains about something it doesn't change really much.