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Hi all! Just a legal question... According to what I've read, EU citizenship is supplemental to whatever national citizenship you already hold. If, for example, you're already a French citizen, and you're happy to be a French citizen, but have no interest in the EU, can you just say,"Thanks... ...

I have to completely agree with Newrussian town. The soldier is the back-bone of any nation's military force. It's the soldiers who work together, fight together, and learn to trust each other, even when times are hard, that can make them so powerful. That is where the respect is given between each ...

Thanks for clearing up the EU question. I guess all the replacing of "Community" to "Union" in the Lisbon Treaty is just to get the language of the treaties to match the name of the new government. I'm not familiar with the national parties of the European nations yet, so I'm not...

How Hitler can send me to jail... ---------------------------------------------- Here's an interesting German law... off Wiki. ---------------------------------------------- § 189 Disparagement of the Memory of Deceased Persons (1985, amendments of 1992) "Whoever disparages the memory of a dece...

My personal belief is that there is a 50-50 chance that GMO's do, or one day will, cause problems to people or the food chain. The real problem is a question of choice. In an open society, where people are supposed to be able to make free choices... that right is stripped away by legislation that FO...

A Little News History... ----------------------------------- "France set to ratify Lisbon Treaty Monday, 4 February 2008 22:55 The French parliament has voted to revise the constitution, a key step towards adopting the new EU reform treaty. The ratification comes nearly three years after French...

Steven, when saying that NAFTA is profitable for each member, you have to dig a little deeper. It opened the door for corporations to easily cross borders. So the USA loses their heavy industry southward, and has increased unemployment. And the corporations skip heavier USA taxes. Mexico gets more e...

Many people believe free speech is a basic human right. Do you agree? There are several restrictions already, that are based on many common laws. Since every individual has equal rights, you are not allowed to make untruthful remarks about someone else. That is called slander. You can't call someone...

I believe that all artifacts in all museums, that can reasonably be traced to their countries of origin should be returned to their country. That applies to all artifacts from any country, especially if it can be shown to be taken out of a country under questionable circumstances. The countries that...

Why Russia and USA like to argue with each other... --------------------------------------------------- If you think about it, the personalities of Russians and Americans are pretty close. Two big countries with strong feelings of central nationalism, both feeling big and powerful. It's like two big...

Hi Big_Becka! My perspective comes from living here almost all of my life. I can't honestly say that I'm anti-American, since I have made a life here, and it can always be worse elsewhere. But that can be true anywhere in the world. I think I was just shocked, as I started looking into, and understa...

Well, lets see... "Nuke'm 'till they glow, then shoot them in the dark."?... no... "Kill them all, and let God sort them out."?... no... "Our credit manager is Hellen Wait. If you want credit, go to Hellen Wait."?... not working... "Don't start any vast projects wi...

AAaaahhh!! All this talk of animals makes me want to run out and get a big monster lobster tail with melted garlic butter, and a nice, juicy, medium rare tenderloin, slowly roasted over an open grill, with a baked potato. Makes me glad I joined PETA... no, not that one... the other one... "P.eo...

Actually, my own post got me to thinking... People talk so casually now about changing 'Global' climate... the cost, the effort, the sacrifice. But I'm still waiting to hear about anyone successfully controlling regional weather, like a hurricane, or monsoon. Or even successfully controlling local w...

Of course, climate change is a world-wide issue, not just European. But as to whether there is anything Europe, or the US, or China, or anyone, can do about it... I'm afraid the brutal answer is "No". Even before Al Gore got his Nobel Prize for 'discovering' Global Warming ( which for the ...

Hello all, Born in Germany in 1963, was "taken" to the USA in 1965. Pretty much lived all my life here ( with a few trips back to visit family over the years ), until the German court gave me back my citizenship last year. So, naturally, my interest in European national politics, and EU po...