The European Union Intensifies the Effects of Unemployment

I have been a Euro-enthusiast since I was 16; however I am beginning to understand the Euro-sceptics...

The European Union (EU) was created under the guise of bringing prosperity to all its members.
I remember that, little after the Maastricht Treaty was signed, there was this concern that the traditions and culture of each country-member would be affected - people were not too keen on having Brussels interfering with their way of life. I also remember having an interesting discussion, with one of my high school teachers, in which I argued that the Portuguese had nothing to fear because it was up to us to protect our culture, our history, our way of life and that the Portuguese Members of the European Parliament (MEP) would make sure that our interests would be protected - as you can see, at 16 I was politically romantic.

The EU didn't change our basic culture or traditions (although the Portuguese began travelling more); but it did assault the way small business was done in Portugal (and beyond). Latin-Europe has had high unemployment rates before (it is cyclical of n reasons) however people didn't feel it as much because they always had a way out: if they knew how to make jam, they'd make it at home and start selling it in their neighbourhood; if they knew how to bake, they'd do it at home and sell it in their community; if they knew how to make cheese, they'd do it and sell it to their clients etc etc.

But as time passed, the EU began stabbing prosperity in the back with its multiple regulations: one day we woke up and the unemployed ladies could no longer make their jams at home (they had to rent a small place, build a mini-industrial kitchen - with a specific size; buy the industrial materials to cook the fruit, wear specific gear; the floors had to have a specific kind of tile etc); traditional cheese makers could no longer do it the way they had been doing for centuries (because now they had to have a small factory and all the things that come with it); people cooking at home to provide catering services to their neighbourhood couldn't do it unless their kitchen had X size, W stove and Z fridge (and let's not forget that they couldn't cook with a wooden spoon, they had to specifically use a silicone spoon)...the examples are endless, but I think these already give you a clear picture of the situation on the ground.

In the name of what did the European Union come up with these ideas: public health? No, although they did use it as an excuse. The illuminati sitting at the EU came up with these "brilliant" ideas to benefit specific groups.

In a article titled "Europe in 2013: A Year of Decision", George Friedman said "The countries with low unemployment tend to be in Northern Europe, which is the heart of the European Union, while those with catastrophically high unemployment are on the periphery. It is easy to ignore things far away"...and Max Coutinho adds that the heart of the European Union is, in truth, a nest of corruption and self-interest at the expense of the common citizen.