To prepare for the "stay in or get out of the EU" Referendum promised to UK electors for 2017, David Cameron is embarking on a whistle-stop tour of EUROPE to muster support for his propositions and to listen to what other Leaders have to say.
He will find support for his ideas and proposals to change or modify EU Treaties. He will even get enouragement from Angela Merkel the German Chancellor, but she already knows that all 17 EUROZONE countries will back her, if she does not agree with what the 12 NON-EURO countries led by Cameron want to change !
This non-negotiable attitude of the Eurozone with respect to making changes to Treaties has led to a stale-mate situation in the EU. Yet the Eurozone needs the flexibility of special rules and principles to protect the EURO and to control the Economy of the ZONE and of each country in the ZONE.
Non-EURO Countries also need flexibility but of a different kind, to control their individual currencies and economic problems.
Should the EU therefore not be split into two independent Sections or Zones, each with its own legislative rights ?
All the 29 countries want and need the EU, that is clear. But, there are some basic problems in the EU which will quickly come to the fore. Perhaps the split would make the task of updating certain basic conceptions in the light of recent experience in the EU, much more easy !
The agreement of all 29 countries would be required and this would certainly enhance the reputation and standing of the EUROPEAN UNION as a World Power.
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