Međutim, zanimljivo je da se ove priče o "nezahvalnosti Irske" i o napretku koji joj je "omogućila EU" predu samo u "evropskoj" Srbiji, a da se ne mogu naći ni u jednom ozbiljnom zapadnom mediju...
...da su irski seljaci još donedavno gajili samo krompir i da su zemlju obrađivali motikom, ašovom i plugom sa drvenim ralom i konjskom zapregom, a da su prve traktore videli kad ih je doterala EU iz novih baltičkih članica...
Evo nekih zvaničnih brojki, from the horse's mouth, dole je quote a link je
ovdeZnači, u periodu od 1972. do 2000-te godine...
skok stranih ulaganja sa 16 miliona na 23 MILIJARDE
povećanje obima trgovine - ne duplo, ili trostruko - već
90-tostrukood stravične nezaposlenosti od koje se emigriralo, skoro puna zaposlenost i uvoz radne snage
Procenat univertziteski obrazovanih sa 3% na 26%
700 000 novih radnih mesta (u državi sa 4 miliona stanovnika)
Prestanak emigracije, povratnici, prestanak trenda smanjivanja i porast broja stanovnika sa 3 na 4 miliona...
Emancipacija žena u konzervativnom i žestoko patrijarhalnom društvu...
Pre toga su radili su kao jeftini, neobrazovani gastarbajteri po Engleskoj, Zapadnoj Evropi, Englezi su o njima pričali viceve, koliko ih je samo otišlou SAD, Kanadu, Australiju...
Dakle, EU ih je načisto upropastila i unesrećila. Pogotovo socijalno zakonodavstvo koje im je, takođe, nametnuo Brisel... Socijala za nezaposlene i osnovna državna penzija koju dobijaju svi bez obzira na radni staž, spadaju u najviše na svetu.
Što se tiče novopridošlih članica, u svima osim Poljske i Slovačke je nezaposlenost niska i u padu, pa ne idu masovno na rad u Zapadnu Evropu jer kod kuće ima posla koliko hoćeš - uglavnom Poljaci i Slovaci idu u gastarbajtere, ostalih skoro da ni nema.
Tvoja teza da EU razara socijalnu državu je neosnovana. To bi bilo katastrofalno za konkurentnost na globalnom tržištu - smanjio bi se broj visoko školovane dece, zdravstvo bi propalo a sa njim bi se smanjio i broj radno sposobnih - ko je lud da to uradi?
Consider these statistics about the benefits of EU membership for trade, for investment and jobs. I think they speak for themselves.
Take Investment. In 1972, we counted our low levels of foreign investment in millions. In fact, when we joined the Common Market, a mere €16 million was coming into the economy from foreign investors. Thirty years later, and with full access to European markets, we now measure foreign investment in billions. It stood at nearly €23 billion in 2000 and our economy has been transformed.
Trade levels have also exploded and trade has increased 90 fold since 1972. Exports have driven our small, open economy forward. We have moved from low skills and high unemployment to high skills and nearly full employment.
700,000 new jobs have been created in the years of membership. Mass emigration has ended and the population of this country has grown by over 1 million people. Compared to 1972, investment in education, health and welfare services is far higher, and the services are far better too.
There has been a revolution in opportunity and in levels of education here. Thirty years ago, only 4% of Irish students went to third level - now 26% do - one of the highest levels in Europe. We have made great progress in equality for women, and the role of women in national life has been transformed. Alongside the vital contribution of women working in the home, more women are also at work outside the home than ever before. And we are seeing women come through in professional and in managerial grades as never before.
Edited by yossarian, 14 June 2008 - 08:27.