Primal stated: source post
#1. Listen carefully to the experts. It is very clear. The rest of the discussion dances all around it.
#intense concentration#
#2.The EEA and EJC are are the judiciary bodies which are the long and short arms of the EU with different powers; relates to #1 and should make it easier to visualize. I am not going to explain it to you. Listen and pay attention.
How are the Economic Area (a geographic region) and a Journalism Center JUDICIARY BODIES? I am sorry Primal but I don't understand what you mean, or what conclusion you want me to take from that scheme. If you wiggle gif sexy butts at me and want me to dance, you'll have to be more specific. Otherwise I'm not touching this.
#3. The point re: EU army first it was denial left ,right and center, and now, the EU army is an idea up for discussion. More or less an overnight phenomenon.
So what, ideas don't get discussed then get discussed. They are or are not agreed upon. The EU army is not smth we will see anytime soon, if ever, given the current state of affairs.
Why is military cooperation scary anyway? The USA have their army. The countries in the NATO agreement also have a military agreement. TBH, without strong military alliances, many european countries are kinda vulnerable/fucked in case of a war.
#4. Free movement; that is open, and not a big deal, and they have made it a huge deal. EU if it is as 'friendly' as it claims, can easily grandfather citizens in the current system and discontinue for future. To not do so, is a strong arm tactic. And this is the same for both sides of the equation. Mountains out of mole hills.
Free movement of labor is a big useful thing. There is a lot of human potential in some countries (eastern europe for example) that gets wasted because not enough jobs and opportunities. Other countries can offer those peeps jobs, make them grow and make them useful, and in turn develop, make more money and create more jobs etc. Those opposing EU immigration are wrong and uninformed. In many ways it is shittier for the country of origin if a lot of able bodied workforce and trained brains leave the country.
Also there is a real issue with aging of the population. Maybe a lot of us can;t feel it yet, but in time, young people wherever the hell they come from, will be very precious.