The EU is very important and should be, at this stage, supported by all communists and by all those who want a better life for all.
It will help to bring around the idea of internationalism and co-operation between peoples and countries.
The EU will bring about more freedoms to us - for example the freedom of movement between member nations - which we may not of been able to enjoy had it not been for the EU. Combine this with a growing liberal trend across Europe then all people across Europe should soon enjoy much more freedom and be much closer to our free and equal goal.
Should a 'Federal Europe' ever come into existence then I am sure it will be the closest to a communist state that Europe has ever seen, and if not, with the ability for much unity between the revolutionary groups across Europe will certainly be worth fighting for.
With the adoption of the Euro across Europe should one country fall then they'll all fall thus putting in a revolutionary spirit across an entire continent, something certainly worth our while.
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I disagree with your stance here. The EU is first of all an economic union for the capitalist class, and working class people have been overwhelmingly against this as demonstrated by the no votes on the EU constitution in France and the Netherlands and the first no vote on the lisbon treaty in Ireland. The freedom of movement is obviously very popular, but it distracts from the economic libralization that hurts european workers. An end to discrimination against immigrants would be a very good thing, but unfortunately the ruling class is very careful about only allowing countries with a certain level of economic development into the EU so most people who migrate to Europe for economic reasons are from non-EU countries.
ReplyDeleteThat is very true, however there is no reason why the EU could not be changed for our own aims. If a party with workers' goalswere to get into the EU then they could shape it for thebetter instead of leaving the capitalists to tear it apart and leave us all worse off for it.
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