Given that one of the EU's objectives was to become self sufficient?

euser1984

Including the CAP for example.....

Given the way things are now and the advent of globalism can Ireland create an economy which is self sufficient for itself?

Will Ireland fair out badly given the size of the market that globalism is creating, regarding having a voice?

Does Ireland's strategy of attracting big global American companies to Ireland have any long term strategy in mind?

euser1984

euser1984 wrote: »

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Given the way things are now and the advent of globalism can Ireland create an economy which is self sufficient for itself?.........

Self sufficient as in no borrowing?

euser1984 wrote: »

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Does Ireland's strategy of attracting big global American companies to Ireland have any long term strategy in mind?

Apart from attracting more and keeping what we have I wouldn't expect there to be further prongs to the fork.

euser1984

What about our highly skilled technical workforce (in IT) and entrepreneurship - specifically in the area of technology.

What happens when America wants all those companies back on their own turf?

KomradeBishop

If the EU centralizes fiscal policy it can become self-sufficient, but while we're stuck in the no-mans-land of the Euro and fiscal policy removed from monetary policy, no Euro country (bar perhaps Germany) will be truly self-sufficient.

Maybe you'd need to define more what you mean by self-sufficient though.

marmurr1916

What are you on about OP?

Here are the EU's objectives as set out in the Treaty on European Union:

Article 3

(ex Article 2 TEU)

1. The Union's aim is to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its peoples.

2. The Union shall offer its citizens an area of freedom, security and justice without internal frontiers, in which the free movement of persons is ensured in conjunction with appropriate measures with respect to external border controls, asylum, immigration and the prevention and combating of crime.

3. The Union shall establish an internal market. It shall work for the sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress, and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment. It shall promote scientific and technological advance.

It shall combat social exclusion and discrimination, and shall promote social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child.

It shall promote economic, social and territorial cohesion, and solidarity among Member States.

It shall respect its rich cultural and linguistic diversity, and shall ensure that Europe's cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced.

4. The Union shall establish an economic and monetary union whose currency is the euro.

5. In its relations with the wider world, the Union shall uphold and promote its values and interests and contribute to the protection of its citizens. It shall contribute to peace, security, the sustainable development of the Earth, solidarity and mutual respect among peoples, free and fair trade, eradication of poverty and the protection of human rights, in particular the rights of the child, as well as to the strict observance and the development of international law, including respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter.

6. The Union shall pursue its objectives by appropriate means commensurate with the competences which are conferred upon it in the Treaties.

Nothing about being 'self-sufficient' there...

What does 'self-sufficient' mean anyway?

Are you suggesting that one of the European Union's goals is to foster EU-wide autarky?