Originally Posted by
Sikkd
After reading all these dirty - hateful - comments: it is really a good idea that Central and Eastern Europe leaves the EU. Austria also.
If you, Western people, think that you are just donating money to CEE you are just short-sighted. Your economies had a massive boost thanks to the influx of underpaid immigrants from CEE who, unlike the "guests" of the German chancellor, are actually well-qualified for their job. The absence of well-qualified workforce and the old infrastructure from the Soviet era led to bloodless and weak economies which had to be supported by the Cohesion Fund until they manage to recover. Some managed, some - Bulgaria and Romania - are still struggling.
Nowadays, our own economics are owned by Western Europe. The biggest players on the local market in each category are divisions of foreign companies. On daily basis we buy food from Kaufland and Lidl, we buy clothing from H&M, we buy a second-hand car made in Germany.
If the local people in Western Europe do not want to coexist with us then the EU is just a pointless struggle. Most of the people in CEE are actually very pro-European (including me) if one day we feel the need to have somebody bossing us around we better ask Russia and China. We share a similar culture with them, we like Russian people and we have no problems living with them. We are going to be poor but we are also poor in the EU so who cares?
If the local people in Western Europe prefer to coexist with Arabs and Africans then please let us know. Officially, with a note to your governments and the European Parliament. It is good, no problem. It is your choice, we respect that. Nothing against Arabs and Africans - there are quite hearty people among them - but the people from Eastern Europe are a bit conservative and they don't want a massive influx of people of other cultures. We are free to choose with whom we share our land. That's freedom.
Now, just for your information: some of my friends are border patrols on the EU border with Turkey. They lived in tents last winter, without a shower and heating, because of the unexpected mess that somebody in Berlin and Brussels did. Hopefully, the living conditions this winter are going to be better. Our border police navigates the immigrant influx - they are no refugees from Syria nowadays, only immigrants from Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan - to the control points so that everybody who enters the EU is identified and registered. That is because we care about the people in Western Europe and we don't want sad stories like these in Paris and Brussels to happen again. And I just read about your "friendship" and how highly you value our work.