User blog comment:Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali/English Politics Polls/@comment-26486187-20160307233657/@comment-26172435-20160310085410

I fully understand the sentiments and frustration in our country and other net contributors. Especially about the financial stupidity and the immigration issues. Yet, I firmly believe the best position to deal with them is to firmly stick together within the system. Nations like the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Finland have a very strong influence together and should use this to enforce stricter rule abidance by the EU's weaker economies. We can also not remain the 'succesful, social and open societies' we are, without demanding strict outer border controls. All similar decision making issues.

Noiw, we may feel sorry and bad we ever let Greece or other unfit (at the time, and maybe still today, on multiple societal features) nations, or look ahead and mend what needs mended, but playing it much tougher than we used to. I think most heads of state of the leading net contributors, and their full cabinets, ministries, etcetera, realize this.

Pulling the plug from a carefully constructed and valuable community in times of 'bad weather', while the objectives and values still hold is not the best option.

Speaking of financial cracks ... I'd love to see the major economic powers (US, EU, etc) seriously address the poison in our 'over-commercialized' stock and financial system. The simple fact that people with money can make money from speculation on the loss of value of other people's money and let that dominate short-term investment behaviour is one of the biggest bads in the present day world economy ... and check the background stories on all major banking, enterprise, hypothecairy market and national financial crises of the past decades and realize how share holders value is influenced by that ill mechanism, and how it overshadows all stakeholder value needs.

And speaking of immigration and refugees ... no, not yet, but be sure I've gone through all major international news and in-depth journalism channels in past few decades on multiple major events to get an idea of the majors power nations' interests, intentions and aims ('on behalf of their populous') and the mechanisms and processes resulting from it. Much of it is pretty sickening, but it's no use looking back, look ahead, understand, find common ground, pump resolve, cooperate, solve it.

There. Beng!