Towards a New Europe (part 1 in the New Europe series)

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Europe is failing. The Greek credit crisis and the current refugee problem underline that the European project is stalling to the point where it is at risk of failing altogether. I think that the solution is the finalisation of the project. In this post I will explain why I think this is the case and how I plan to explain my solution.One of the major problems is that all member states currently retain their individual sovereignty. In effect the European Union is not a Union at all, it is a confederacy.This is a major flaw. (as previously outlined) Instead of muddling about, we should create a new European nation state. We need this because we can’t go back to being just a trade union. Greece has shown that the Euro has made this an impossibility for poorer nations in the EU, and I have no doubt in my mind a secession of the UK will prove that this is equally true for the ‘wealthy’ EU nations. It’s just as impossible to go on as we’re doing now, as, besides being woefully impractical, it will lead to a loss of power on the world stage.

I’m going to write a series in which I would like to document a new model for a European State. The series will be marked with the ‘New Europe’ tag. I plan to discus every chapter in an individual post.

  1. Creation of New Europe
    • Ascension into New Europe
    • Distribution of territory into provinces
  2.  Government structure of NE
    • National government structure and its procedures
      • Executive branch
        • National bank
        • Bureau of statistics
        • Ombudsman
      • Legislative branch
        • Right to enforce public consultation
      • Judicial branch
    • Provincial government
  3. Taxation and Expenditure
    • Determining the proper tax base
    • Proposal for fair taxation
    • The division of tax revenues
      • Leveling the playing field
    • Government expenditures
  4. Culture
    • The need for Identity
      • Building a European identity
      • Strengthening Regional Identities
      • Balancing regional Identity with National Identidy
    • Tools for building culture
    • Combatting the influence of ‘foreign’ cultures
    • The role of religion in New Europe
  5. Development of the nation New Europe
    • Resource distribution
    • Science
    • Education
    • Stimulus plans
  6. Security & Safety policy of NE
    • Security forces
    • Healthcare
    • Disaster relief and management
    • Law enforcement
    • Relation of the government to the security-industrial complex
  7. The state and the environment
    • Rational approach to the natural world and environmental concerns
    • Use of the environment by people and the role of the state as arbiter

N.B. until the series is finished, the table of contents might change slightly as the chapters are written. The chapters themselves will remain fixed, however.

See part 2 for the first chapter

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