Carlos, Portugal. Talking about the EU’s negative impact on Portugal: “There are a few things that I think have had a negative impact. Some measures have destroyed our fishery. In the dairy industry, they do not let us produce what we could and should. The euro was also not well prepared, I don’t know whose…
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Mona, Ireland. Talking about power differences between European countries: “Well, if push came to shout, there is nothing we could do to change it, you know. We are a little island and we might have a little voice. But when you think of all the other countries, they are much bigger than ours. Germany, Italy…
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Meghan, USA, lives in Belgium and Netherlands. On the question how she imagines a perfect European Union: “My ideal state of the EU is that every person in the EU would be aware and accept that doing stuff together isn’t easy and is aware of the importance of figuring out how to do stuff together.…
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Andrew, UK, lives in the Republic of Ireland. Dreaming about the future of the European Union: “In order for the European Union to work effectively, everyone has to feel as part of the same family. So: Yes, I was born in Britain, but I’m European. Yes I was born in Germany, but I’m European. That…
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Maria, Spain, lives in England. Talking about how she would imagine an ideal EU: “I don’t believe in borders. And the European Union means that we have borders, but not so much. So that means, I can go to Germany and live there, if I want to. Or go to Amsterdam and live there for…
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Steve, Luxembourg. Criticism about the EU: “The EU is positive, in general. But, after the fall of the Berlin Wall it grew too fast. That is not only a problem in politics, that’s everywhere: Growth is only good if it happens slowly. If anything, no matter what, is growing too fast there are conflicts –…
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Sister Bep, Netherlands, lives in Belgium. Talking about ideas how we could achieve a better Union: “We have to take care of the poorest in our society. We must not only think about getting further, higher or striving for even more wealth. We have to take time and look after this group of people with…
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Creighton, Northern Ireland. On his opinion about Brexit: “I’ve always been quite a British person. So I have always had a slight negative feeling about the EU. I feel Britain is in a much stronger position to run their own kingdom, now.”
Marie, France. On the question how the EU is affecting her everyday life: “Unfortunately, there are the negative effects which are coming to my mind when thinking about the EU. All rules (I, personally, work in gastronomy), especially hygiene regulations, helped bringing health safety. But this safety is mostly artificial. Those rules contributed that small…
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Bridget, Scotland. Talking about the Brexit-chaos: “The EU doesn’t really affect me personally. I can remember when we first went into the European Union, 1972/73 – wasn’t it? At those times we thought: What’s the point, why bother? But it seems to have worked and I just feel that now, so why change it? It’s…
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