The EU could collapse in the same way the Soviet Union did, George Soros warns
Back in 1991/92, when the Soviet Union had just collapsed and the UKIP party had just formed to fight the “ever-closer-union” Maastricht Treaty, one of their posters was two pictures of the map of Europe, one captioned ‘Before’ and the other ‘After’. ‘Before’ showed Western Europe divided into many separate countries while the east was the single monolith of communism. ‘After’ showed Eastern Europe divided into many separate countries while the west was the single monolith of the EU.
In Britain, this comparison was used as an argument against the EU but Mr Soros evidently sees it differently. He
has issued a call for Europe to “please wake up” and recognize “the magnitude of the threat” it faces.
Otherwise
“the European Union will go the way of the Soviet Union in 1991.”
Mr Soros blames
“the lack of legal tools for disciplining member states”
Also attracting his ire is “the outdated party system that prevails in most European countries” (I do not recall this being a problem in the old Soviet bloc), and the fact that changing the treaties that define the EU is too difficult. He also thinks the EU should not have required migrants to register in the first EU country they reached, instead of moving them on over the continent, because that made local electorates more aware of their numbers.
However Mr Soros believes all will yet be well if the Eurocrats
“awaken the sleeping pro-European majority”
Good luck with that.
