Capital City of Europe?

Mark

Assume there's a vote tomorrow on what'll be the capital city of a united Europe (Just accept the scenario for the craic.) What city would you vote for?

rymus

Cork

bizmark

Brussels is already the unoffical captial of the eu i think so i dont think that would change

Exit

What? No Dublin?!

Dasilva94

Prague. Centrally located...

Mark

Originally posted by Dasilva94
Prague. Centrally located...

For the record, the center of Europe is located in Lithuania as far as I'm aware.

magick

My Vote would be for Berlin

Capt'n Midnight

Depends on whether you define europe as going as far as the Urals or...not.

You could take the West - the bit that was in Roman empire / was never islamic / went through the reformation / renassance etc.. ie. includes poland but not including Russia.

If it's a united Europe you'd end up with a movable capital .. changed every year so the Eurocrats could claim expenses

bizmark

i think he means a united EU not a united EU and the ex ussr countrys

embee

er..... the biggest is London... so.........

London it is.

Merrion

Paris definitely.

Exit

Yeah, I voted for Paris too. I think it's the city that non-Europeans automatically think of when they think of Europe. London is probably the most well known but I don't think it's centralised enough, nor are its citizens conducive to the idea of being Europeans.

Mark

i think he means a united EU not a united EU and the ex ussr countrys

I said Europe! It imposes less constraints than 'EU' and assuming EU expansion continues, could eventually mean the same thing anyway. Not that anyone is going to vote for anything East of Warsaw anyway mind.

Capt'n Midnight

We should do what they did in India and Brazil - create a new capital !

Europa

bizmark

Europa sounds good to me

what country would in be in though ?

Germany england or france would be the 3 big boys of the united europe

so id go for the boarder of france and germany

Borzoi

Originally posted by rymus
Cork

Surely the world revolves around it anyway, so merely being the European capital would be beneath ye:rolleyes:

Ditto for Paris and the French, come to think of it.

Prague would be good, or Zurich

DUX

Has to be Bolzano, for sure! :-)

bizmark

Surely the world revolves around it anyway, so merely being the European capital would be beneath ye

As long as you know

Agent Smith

hidden option ten: bray





i would guess the best option would be a rotation(spelling?) system


(yes yes i did vote other)

Pepe LeFrits

Brussels already has the infrastructure so it would be there. If it wasn't for that though... London is the most important city in Europe, but factoring in centrality then Frankfurt. It's relatively central, and is the most important city in Germany. Prague is catching up very quick on London, Paris & Frankfurt though!

Ajnag

Hmmm its a tough one, Id say paris, but parisians and the french are a bit too hostile towards their european neighbours.Berlin could be good, but ww2 sentiments would create too much hassle.Prague is a beauty, but I went for amsterdam, cos its the most international, got the best bars outside ireland (imho) and coffee shops would be a godsend after a busy days beauraceaucy.Id say galway, but were planning on relocating to south-east asia soon as we get those big ass orbital lasers in place to do the cutting.

Senor_Fudge

why not relocate it to Eyre court in Galway!

DMT

New York - that'll teach the Americans....

Paddy20

Barcelona, of course !.

P. :ninja:

hedgetrimmer

Brussels makes the most sense for, as already pointed out, it has the infrastructure for coping with Europe-wide governance and also the social infrastructure to deal with polyculturism is an effective and totally inclusive way

inaccessibleisl

Originally posted by Paddy20
Barcelona, of course !.

P. :ninja:

Barcelona!? :rolleyes:

I bet some thick says Dublin. Well I haven't checked the first page, maybe it's already posted. They would be the same people complaining that the pointless
Irish language should be recognized by the EEEEEYEW.


BRUSSELS. The capital for Europe is BRUSSELS.

cournioni

Cavan town.

Paddy20

inaccessibleisl,

Hmmmph, If not Barcelona then it wil just have to be my hometown of Ballybofey, and stop being such a spoilsport before someone steps on your head!. MowaaHaaaHaaaHaHeeHee:D

P.:ninja:

The Corinthian

I would doubt that it would be any of the cities listed in the poll as they are all already national capitals and as such there would be a conflict as one would overshadow the other. Most likely it would be a secondary city such as Strasburg, Milan, Barcelona or Munich. There are arguments to be made for it to be a small city too, as it would be easier to reshape into a capital then.

Were the Swiss part of the EU, I’d almost guarantee it would be Geneva; otherwise it’s frankly anybody’s guess.

The Beer Baron

Limerick

Doctor J

Ringaskiddy.

Imagine it said in so many wonderful accents

tba

Originally posted by The Corinthian
Were the Swiss part of the EU, I’d almost guarantee it would be Geneva; otherwise it’s frankly anybody’s guess.

I have to agree, and as a matter of fact I think that Geneva should be tha capital anyway as it is on neutral ground.