What are the negative effects of EU membership?
148146
Some of the EU countries have first rate economies. Others hinge on third world economies. Also, there's enormous historical differences between cultural work ethics (for example France virtually closes during the month of August whereas Great Britain operates 24/7.\n\nThis doesn't make membership better or worse per se, but at the outset, the less productive countries are being subsidized by the more productive countries. They're initially getting a much bigger bang for their buck...or Euro/Pound.\n\nIn the United States, we're used to something like that since all of the state's economies have virtually melded together over time. But highly productive states still subsidize some veritable welfare states to some extent.\n\nFinally, the United States doesn't have the extreme historical and cultural rivalries between states as do the assorted EU countries. (The US has SOME, but it's more a good-natured rivalry than it is an economic and political competition.)\n\nA good analogy would be to consider the effect if the United States merged with Canada and Mexico.
676111
The European Union (EU) is an intergovernmental and supranational union of 25 democratic member states from the European continent. The European Union was established under that name in 1992 by the Treaty on European Union (the Maastricht Treaty). However, many aspects of the Union existed before that date through a series of predecessor relationships, dating back to 1951. [1]\n\nThe Union nowadays has a common single market consisting of a customs union, a single currency managed by the European Central Bank (so far adopted by 12 of the 25 member states), a Common Agricultural Policy, a common trade policy, and a Common Fisheries Policy.[2] A Common Foreign and Security Policy was also established as the second of the three pillars of the European Union. The Schengen Agreement abolished passport control, and customs checks were also abolished at many of the EU's internal borders, creating a single space of mobility for EU citizens to live, travel, work and invest. [3]\n\nThe most important EU institutions include the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the European Court of Justice, the European Central Bank and the European Parliament. The European Parliament's origins go back to the 1950s and the founding treaties, and since 1979 its members have been directly elected by the people they represent. Elections are held every five years, and every EU citizen who is registered as a voter is entitled to vote.\n\nThe European Union's activities cover all areas of public policy, from health and economic policy to foreign affairs and defence. However, the extent of its powers differs greatly between areas. Depending on the area in question, the EU may therefore resemble a federation (e.g. on monetary affairs, agricultural, trade and environmental policy, economic and social policy), a confederation (e.g. on home affairs) or an international organisation (e.g. in foreign affairs).
799696
the positive effects: the positive side is that you can produce  energy (electrical or heat) for a much lower cost than by using fossil fuels such as coal or oil. and unlike oil, the US isn't subject to an economic embargo or restriction by other nations on the fuel source.\n\nthe negative effects include a special type of pollution problem in dealing with the spent fuel assemblies and contaminated facilities, limited areas where you can erect reactors due to earthquakes, and the abuse  of of plutonium produced by the reactor for weapons.
868395
The EU has been trying to get it's member states to adopt the EU constitution.People in many member states are afraid of unreasonable restrictions, a loss of power or autonomy,or losing national identity.
1141089
I hope these sites help...\n\nhttp://www.eurunion.org/\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union\neuobserver.com/\nwww.infoplease.com/countries.html \nwww.countryreports.org/ \n\nGood Luck!
441867
It's heading that way.  Since BeNeLux was formed (back in 1959 I think) it's been expanding ever since.\n\nBeNeLux was the joining of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxumbourg and since then it has expanded to become the European Union of today which has 25 countries - pretty much all of Western Europe and much of Eastern Europe.  Several countries that aren't members are wanting to join but are currently barred for various reasons - Turkey for example won't be allowed to join until it cleans up its human rights act.\n\nOver the years there has been a conformity by the separate countries in many areas including trade, immigration, law, currency and so on.  There's already a European Parliament, European Courts and so on. In time I'm sure that more and more individual sovereignty will be relinquished to a central control so that effectively Europe will become the Unisted States of Europe - we're already half way there as it is but I think thre's some way yet before was see a US of E.\n\nOn the basis that it will happen, then the USE will become the worlds biggest superpower having a population, assets, military power etc far in excess of the USA.
674852
The current EU economy is in crisis already. Personally, I think if they enlarge it, it's only asking for further strain on Europe, it's individuality, and it's economy...
1061689
We had no choice. In 1975 we voted to join the Common Market with Europe, not a common government, which is what has gradually happened. Our current government has allowed this, and has split the country up, without asking the electorate first, into 12 regions, per the EU's Regions of Europe plan.\n\nWe're too far integrated into the union to leave now though. Such a move could collapse the economy. We need the EU now, and they need us. We didn't do too badly before it. However, the majority are against it. Consequently, the British government won't hold a referendum on it, even though many times they've scheduled dates for a national vote on whether we should join the single currency, which have all been postponed, because they know they'd be defeated.\n\nRegularly, laws are being applied to the UK and other countries, from Brussels, the seat of the EU government. But a big issue currently is companies making crazy cost-cuts by outsourcing to other countries, which is affecting the economy, reducing it to a services-based economy, with very few manufacturing industries left.\n\nBut the EU has big problems; currently a corrupt, bottomless pit where money mysteriously disappears on a regular basis. As it stands, It's too big to be unified as a single European state, and is already straining under its own weight from the immense bureaucracy, red tape and a myriad of languages to translate its documents into.\n\nAs for the Pound, the fight is on to save the 1300-year-old currency. A few other countries of Europe are fighting to retain their national currencies too. So far, it's just a minority that supports joining the single currency. It seems very much as if the EU, with the help of its pro-Euro camp in Britain, is trying to weaken the Pound to a point where one day accept we'll have to accept the Euro, which may eventually be stronger. It's already begun; UK-based companies find it more expensive trading from here with other countries because of the extra fees incurred changing Pounds to Euros. As soon as the two currencies are harmonised, it's we'll likely join. If we'd joined earlier, maybe companies wouldn't have moved to Euro countries, production to China or call centres to India.\n\nBut if we don't decide on it soon, there might not be many companies of worth left in this country, as the most profitable ones will have moved somewhere cheaper.
244579
a war might displacing the food growing population\nspeculative attack on the currency, making it impossible to pay for imported food\nprolonged drought\neconomic sanctions.
921730
It is the same situation with the E.U,  I think that we pay  a lot more in than we get out of it to subsidise the uneconomic European farmers (especially the French) who according to the newspapers are laughing at us and also  the ridiculous  human rights clauses. Before the E.U. we were an independent nation now we seem to be controlled  by Brussels. I suggest we get our Independence back then we can sort our own problems out
681859
yeah there are negative effects. don't use them.
891521
A bit of geography knowledge will help here. Bangladesh is NOT a European state, Turkey is.\nOK, one of many benefits of having Turkey in EU is your food will become cheaper, also a much cheaper work force which means cheaper goods.\n( Racism does NOT work sometimes.)
1186021
ASEAN is really a little-heard-about-but-wonderful association.  The goal of ending a lot of the socioeconomic hardship is a noble one, and will be hard to achieve.  The benefits of it?  Nuclear arms agreements to stop nuclear proliferation.  Socioeconomic aid and reform.  Cooperation in banking, trade, technology, agriculture, industry, and tourism.  Regional common markets.  Tariff phase-outs.  Promotion of foreign investment.  Overall, I don't think are any disadvantages to ASEAN.\n\nFor those of you who don't know, ASEAN stands for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.  The member nations are Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia.  ASEAN was established by the Bangkok Declaration in 1967.  The following nations are members of the ASEAN Regional Forum (address security issues in the region): all ASEAN nations, Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, East Timor, and the United States.
516790
No and i will explain why. When they join the EU the whole economies will collapse. EU is nothing but trouble
478657
nothing.\n\nthere is no documented effect of this kind.
887830
Disadvantage\n\n1)It looks bad to customers, they think ur in problems thats why you have to factor debts\n2)Charges\n3)\n\nAdvantages\n\n1)Reduced risk of bad debts\n2)Dont have to have debt collection staff\n3)Easier to plan cash flow\n4)Protection against currency movements\n\n\nSorry cant think of any more disadvantages
769071
One of the five pillars of EU membership is free movement of goods and people thoughout the member states.\n\nWe are not an island, as such and have not been since Thatcher signed us up for EU membership.  We are, for want of a better term, a part of the United States of Europe.  This means that you can go and work in Spain, Germany, etc.  If you want to (The standard of living + wages is definately better in some of the countries).\n\nWouldn't such a new law, allowing us to select who we want to apply EU law to be in breach of our own membership agreement?\n\nIt is quite simple.  If we do not want Romanians to work in UK, fight their application for EU membership.  Once they are EU members, it becomes an issue for the EU, not local states, as to who has the right to work where.\n\nGod, we have only been Europeans for 30 years now, you would think that most people would have read the bold print by now.