Let's applaud EU's policies
JAMES Cole (March 14) continues with a tirade against the EU, quoting statistics which are suspect, presenting opinion rather than rational thought, and above all failing to consider the full implications of our withdrawal from the institution.
I think the time has come to stop apportioning blame for our present financial state on the last Labour Government; that he fails to recognise it was the banking sector, originating in the US under a right-wing administration, that created havoc world-wide.
It is the EU that has proposed limiting bankers' bonuses for rewarding those responsible for our plight — a decision rejected by the Tories and UKIP who would rather penalise the poor in our society with savage welfare cuts!
The amount paid by Welsh residents to the EU is surely less than the benefits received in regional funding from Europe?
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Without membership, inward investment is seriously threatened as American spokesmen have implied. Further, quotas, tariffs and even embargoes can be raised against an isolated Britain — independence is a fine concept, but very risky in a global economy.
Its policies have an ethical dimension too, that it wishes to ban beauty products tested on animals with extreme cruelty is leading the way for a more civilised and compassionate society which we should all applaud and support.
David L Davies
Llanmorlais
Comments
by maxmin
Friday, March 22 2013, 11:04AM
“Mr Davies I think you are being naive to an incredible degree here. You say it is time to stop blaming the last Labour government for the mess we are now in saying that it was down to the banks. But the Government are supposed to be in charge of the banks. Labour were in charge- the buck stops with them. To say anything else is like saying in 1946 'I think we must stop blaming Hitler for invading Poland, after all he didn't do it personally, it was his Panzer Divisions'
The only thing anyone needs to know about the EU is that I don't believe it has ever had its accounts ratified because of concerns about fraud and corruption. That is like saying we have a major company who is asking for vast quantities of your money but is suspected of being fraudulent - but we have to give it to them anyway.
I cannot think of one improvement to our lives that is solely due to the EU.”