Future of the European Union

[edyzmedieval]

This is going to be complex, and quite debated.

In essence, what we have right now in the European Union is a complicated junction with many roads, none of them clear - where do we go from here? The EU is not in an ideal shape, and political leaders realise this by trying to appeal to the EU-skeptics portraying the EU project as a unificator of Europe. These approaches have worked to some extent but it's clear the impact of Brexit will be hard and it will be a contentious issue for many many years.

So where do we go from here?

Economically, at this moment, we are on a relatively sound footing. But we have trade wars.

And what social wise? Cultural wise? Trade wise? Inter-exchange wise (Schengen)? Diplomacy?

Take your picks, where are we going?

[rory_20_uk]

Is this where is the EU going or where should the EU go? Even then is this based on ideals or on the reality of the world as-is?

Eastern Europe seems to want different things to Western Europe and there's also a split between the Northern states and the Southern states.

Continuing as things are help avoid showing all the fractures.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I've always thought the EEC was a wise move, and that spreading it to the former Warsaw Pact would be wise. I have always been less sanguine about the EU.

[edyzmedieval]

Both where it should go... and where it will probably go.

And yes, you're correct, Eastern Europee wants different things but not necessarily all of EE. Romania is more open to more integration.

[Fragony]

Can wait for it to die, and just go back to trade. I will get what I want.

[Husar]

I will get what I want.

Your country being a tank refueling stop on the way to France?