A couple of days ago I happened to catch a publicity video on television, prime time hour, by and for the European Union. Viewers are reminded of where to personallly visit the local delegation of the European Union and invited to come and find answers to any questions they may have.
If I should go, I am sure I would find an attentive person, probably not too busy, showing me the range of free publications on what the EU did, does and wants to continue within and beyond its borders.
I am afraid I would not know where to start.
I feel I have no clue on which programmes exist, let alone how much they would cost to execute. Apparently less than 10 % of the EU's budget goes to maintaining its institutions and I am not sure if I want to find out how many digits the other 90 % correspond to.
I see populations revolting - by less or more violent methods - against their national governments because the distance between what governments do or can do and what a population wants seems larger than ever. I hear individuals and businesses in less or more organized forms putting informed questions on the destination of tax contributions within a national society and economy. Would a supranational governance in the capital of Belgium secure better results ?
Despite or rather more likely due to the current economic downfall and austerity I see busy people committed to the communities they live and /or work in, encountering manners I thought a while ago had gone forever. Not a bad angle especially at Christmas time, I would think. Spend a little less (money), give a little more (thought and attention). Why on earth would less funding of centrally coordinated programmes, in today's economic situation, be a threat to people's sense of unity ?
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