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Whilst new arrivals in EU see an opportunity for their economies by attracting investments and to improve their populations daily bread, the older European country and precisely the capitalism sees fulfilment of the last step on the road of taming their populations. 

Indeed; during the Cold War, European capitalism opted for paying the most part of the comfort of their people so as to maintain a belief in somehow capitalism is better. Now after Berlin wall's fall they don't need to continue in this way and via industrial delocalisation toward these new arrivals they can impose low wages to their population while they delocalise work also. The equation is a levelling down, in other word is time for Europeans to accept the biter reality, time is gone while capitalism pay, now it time to give money back. 
Jacques, Paris



It is rather obvious that the EU was created as a copy of US, in order to be able to compete with the huge US influence in economics and politics. EU has to work out, not because the rich EU countries want to equalize Europe and make it a nice prosperous place for us all, but because they are desperate to gain (or is it regain?) a leading and more influential position in the world and hopefully someday get the place that the US is holding today. 

Since neither Germany, France nor UK can do this by themselves, they need the EU. Why is it all the debate about EU around what the poorer countries have to win from EU, and why do we always avoid talking about what the rich countries' advantages are? Why do we look at these rich countries as the victims of the EU enlargement? 

Who would be so naive to think that they are doing all this (give money to the newcomer EU members, invest in poorer EU countries etc) out of generosity for their poorer neighbours and not for their own interest? Too bad that the states within the EU will never be equal in terms of decision making, or, so to say some will be more equal than others. 

People talk about the economic and income differences between the EU countries, but why don't we talk about the 'below the surface' disparities within the EU? Is the EU really a democratic, capitalistic thing? 
Irina Haivas, Iasi, Romania





The 10 new members have the most to lose by far in this agreement. They have the most economic potential, but their resources will be bought out by wealthier members of the Union. Just as in the United States the rich States will continue to get richer and the poor States will only get poorer no matter how much redistribution of wealth there is. The citizens of the nations like England should be giddy with all the prospects of future economic expansion for their companies and governments. And all you have to give in return is a few low wage jobs to migrants. What a deal.
N Watkins, Washington DC, US




EU expansion is a great idea in theory but since labour restrictions have been applied, basic principles of the EU have been violated. I think Western countries will exploit the Eastern ones; they will take what they want and block what they do not want. EU will never be like the US;