Posted by
Ivan Simic on Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:58:51 PM
The European Union (EU) is a multinational union,
established in 1993. The EU is made up of twenty-seven Member States. First,
the EU was established as the European Economic Community in 1957 by the Treaty
of Rome and has since undergone many changes. The EU has a single market
between member states with common trade policy. Important EU institutions and
bodies include the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the
Council of the European Union, the European Court of Justice and the European Central
Bank, among others.
The end of War World II brought the idea for the
unification of Europe, now known as the EU, but some individuals or groups also
known as world rulers needed to conduct an experiment before the formation of
an important super power such as the EU. And soon, they succeeded; the right
person for them was Josip Broz Tito leader of Communist Party and lifetime
President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRJ). With the
Royal family in exile and a post war atmosphere in Europe, Tito became famous,
an ideal partner for this experiment.
Many will wonder why Yugoslavia? The answer is very
simple; besides the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), which was too
powerful, to play with, she was the only post war country in Europe with
multiethnic and multicultural population, and Member Republics.
In 1945, from the remains of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia;
the Democratic Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was proclaimed, headed by Tito.
Tito becomes Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The experiment begins; one State with six republics, one
army, one currency, one federal police, one federal Government and Law, one
passport, no borders and a visa regime among republics, and most of all: every
Republic had their own Government with all vital institutions. Still, one very
important thing for this experiment was the fact that Yugoslavia had different
cultures and religions among State members, such as: Orthodox, Catholic and
Muslim. The way the population is going to live in these circumstances was
essential for the future of the EU.
In 1948, Tito makes one interesting move, highly
motivated; he becomes the first socialist to defy Stalin's leadership in
COMINFORM also known as Information Bureau (Inform biro). This move by Tito
gains him good positions with all Western powers, of course his old friends,
but bad relations with the USSR. For good results and loyalty to the West, In
London in 1954, Yugoslavia gets zone B from Free Territories of Trieste by
treaty based on the "Memorandum of Understanding".
On the other side, with the first results of the
experiment, formation of the future European Union begins with European Coal
and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1952. Let us not forget that coal and steel were,
and still are, very important in war and industry. A very important founding
member of this Community was West Germany. A few years later, the Treaties of
Rome in 1957 created two more communities: the European Economic Community
(EEC) and European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or EURATOM). The EEC and EAEC
later merge into EEC in 1967.
Strangely, but as previously arranged, Tito is chosen for
SFRJ to be free Eastern European country, independent from the USSR, and
neither member of Warsaw pact nor NATO, but in 1961, Tito puts Yugoslavia to be
a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Membership in NAM did not
affect the experiment since Yugoslavia was the only European country in the
Movement at that time, but it did affect future of Yugoslavia.
Time is running, and in the beginning of eighties, Tito
dies, but the experiment continues. The West needs a few more years before
final announcement of new European Union. Europe is rapidly altering, many
countries have joined EEC.
At the beginning of nineties, Europe is about to change
forever. In Yugoslavia a new government is forming headed by Slobodan
Milosevic, the experiment is about to end, mission is about to be accomplished.
World rulers are entering the final phase before the formation of the EU. With
the USA battling Gulf War in Middle East, in Europe, history has been written;
Germany's reunification takes place in 1990, followed by; dissolution of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991, dissolution of Socialist Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992, dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992, and wide
spread fall of communist monopoly.
As planned, the new Europe comes into being in the year
1993, and with no threats on the way, a new star was born, European Union. Just
a few months after termination of the USSR in which America had a big
influence, the USA got a new rival; the EU. This rival will become more
influential and powerful than any other country or Union in the world, more
powerful than the old USSR.
Two questions arise from this: First, did world rulers
decide to put European Union instead of the USA as a leader of a free world and
first super power? Second, who are those rulers and where were they coming
from?
Answer for the first question is yes, they did, and as
always, the USA was used. Second: We will never know who they are, but they are
definitely coming from Germany, they are not Jews as many think, if they were
Jews then they would have had their own State long time ago.
If we turn back and look through European history,
Germany was not defeated as many thought, they played very smart; waited and
planned to return stronger than ever and they did through the EU, as leader and
strongest Member State. Germany was, and still is the Union's biggest net
contributor; with the biggest economy, she is responsible for about 23% of the
EU budget. Same is with Japan and the USA; it looks like Japan was also not
defeated in the USA-Japan war. Now, Japan is the strongest independent economic
and industrial power on the earth, most Japanese products is represented in the
USA. In contemporary days, power is not measured through weapons, rather
through strongest industry.
Will the EU have an equal rival in the future?
It will; a true rival for the EU will be a future Union
with lots of money and same religion among member States as an advantage
(maybe, Union of Islamic countries?).
However, maybe we are being deceived with the EU; perhaps
the EU is just another world experiment before the launch of another giant
global Union.