Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:02:34 +0000
From: Iain McKay <iain.mckay-AT-zetnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: EU


Hi all

Manuel Magnani wrote:
> 
> Hi to everyone,
> i got a little question.....
> how is the anarchy reaction to the EU ?
> considering every aspect (cultural, political, economic...) how the
> anarchists react or could react for/against the idea (and not just the
> idea) of the European Union?

Anarchists are against nations. We are for a free confederation of
European communities, but this is not what the EU is. I would say
(and please people correct me if I'm wrong) that all anarchists 
are against the EU as a highly centralised new state which exists
to reduce whatever democracy we have and replace it with rule
by central banks. The EU is an attempt by European capital to:

1) remove policy decisions from national governments and place
it in a body which is under less popular pressure and easier
for big business to influence/control.

2) to create an economy/state with enough clout to compete 
against the US and SE-Asia blocks. This will give European
capital more of an impact in global organisations/agreements.

3) to give finance capital more power by creating a system
in which the EU is run by central bankers, independent of
politicians and the voting population.

There is a good article on the EMU/EU at Doug Henwood's
Left Business Observer (the URL is 
	http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html
and is worth reading)

so, abolition of borders, good. EU, bad...

Iain