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vendredi, 21 décembre 2007
THE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE BECOME A REALITY
When last night hundreds of people gathered on the bridge between Frankfurt/Oder (Germany) and Slubice (Poland) and elsewhere along the German-Polish border, they celebrated a historical event: the final opening of the border. As from today, 24 countries belong to what is called the “Schengen space”, which means that citizens from these countries can freely cross borders without a border control. This is a major step towards a united Europe and finally a step towards the European integration of the “new” European countries such as Lithonia, Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic or Hungary. Historically spoken, this opening ends the former European format of “West” and “East” to create a new European map. Theoretically, a citizen from, say Tallin in Estonia, can now travel to Algeciras, Spain, without being bothered when crossing the borders.
Critics, especially in Germany, fear that this opening of the borders might only trigger a huge criminal migration from East to West. All wrong, since Eastern European organized crime is already well established in Western countries – the crime professionals from the East did not wait for the opening of the borders to implement their activities in Western countries.But above all the fears, Europe should not forget that this is a major step toward a united Europe and that millions of citizens can now freely travel wherever they want. Especially for the citizens of the “new” European countries, this is a major step towards a new liberty. Instead of being scared of the new neighbors, everybody should join the celebrations – Europe is on its way!
Kai Littmann is journalist
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Bravo :-)
Ecrit par : R. | vendredi, 21 décembre 2007
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