07 Jul 16 19:49, Ward Dossche wrote to Gerrit Kuehn:
WD> Are you suggesting there was no government during that period?
No. I am suggesting that this "transitional" time was only tolerable because internationally noboday really cares about a small country Belgium.
GK>> One might think that GK>> this situation fosters people working on things like terrorist plots.
WD> That is such an easy accusation ... in an open borders environment WD> there are just that many way-outs for criminals.
Your excuse is just as easy as the accusation.
WD> Portugal and Spain have been members for about 30 years and still do WD> not contribute net.
So what? Obviously, a model based on balancing prosperity will *always* have members above and below the average, will always have payers and receivers. So the only thing this maybe tells you is that Spain and Portugal developed less than average compared to the other countries during the last decades. What did you expect? That they overtake Belgium? Would you like Belgium being on the receiver side to finally have some benefits from your EU membership? This argument is so cheap, I won't even take it for free.
