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Originally Posted by passingbat
I think one of the EU hierarchy's unstated aims of free movement of labour across the EU, is harmonisation of cultures; i.e. watering down of the individual Nation state's culture.
Cultural harmonisation makes political harmonisation easier.
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Indeed, but anyone who has been to "Europe" knows, you don't need the EU to force this.
20 years ago, long before the euro, I was in Germany on the banks of where the River Rhine met the River Moselle. And it was fascinating to watch all the boats on the rivers going up and down with flags from different countries on them. You don't get that on the Thames.
Shortly after that I had trips to the border areas between Germany and France, and Holland and Belgium, and it was noticeable how harmonised things were then. At least in border areas. Everyone spoke German, French, Dutch and English and several currencies were accepted in shops and cafes.
If people want their countries to merge together that is their decision and border areas have been closely linked for many years. But
once you move away from border areas then larger cultural, architectural, language and other differences become apparent.
The EU should not force things and like uncontrolled immigration, it will have a devastating long term effect on us all.