Andstæðingar ESB segjast vera á móti ESB vegna þess að valdi svo mikilli skerðingu á hinum og þessum hlutum. Það sem andstæðingar ESB átta sig ekki á er sú staðreynd að Íslendingar eru nú þegar hluti af mjög svipuðu alþjóðasambandi þjóða. Þetta alþjóðasamband þjóða kallast Sameinuðu Þjóðinar og var sett á lagginar eftir seinna stríð, forveri þess var bandalag þjóðanna sem Ísland tók aldrei þátt í.
Sameinuðu Þjóðinar eru um þetta.
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights and achieving world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries and to provide a platform for dialogue.
There are currently 192 member states, including nearly every recognized independent state in the world. From its headquarters on international territory in New York City, the UN and its specialized agencies decide on substantive and administrative issues in regular meetings held throughout the year. The organization is divided into administrative bodies, primarily:
* The General Assembly (the main deliberative assembly);
* The Security Council (decides certain resolutions for peace and security);
* The Economic and Social Council (assists in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development);
* The Secretariat (provides studies, information and facilities needed by the UN);
* The International Court of Justice (the primary judicial organ).Additional bodies deal with the governance of all other UN System agencies, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The UN’s most visible public figure is the Secretary-General, currently Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, who attained the post in 2007. The organization is financed from assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states, and has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.[1]
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Þarna má sjá að Sameinu þjóðinar eru mjög svipaðar og ESB. Það sem helst ber í milli er sú staðreynd að ESB vinnur meira með ríkisstjórnum aðildarlandanna og á fleiri sviðum efnahags aðilarríkjanna, samræmir lög og reglur meira en SÞ. Einnig sem að allar þjóðinar í ESB eru þar á jafnréttisgrundvelli. Sameinuðu Þjóðinar vinna ekki jafn náið saman og ríki ESB. Það hefur sínar sögulegar skýringar, SÞ mættu þó taka ESB sér til fyrirmyndar í þeim efnum.
Það sem andstæðingar ESB fatta ekki er að SÞ geta sett reglur sem aðilarríki þess þurfa að taka upp sem lög. Svipað og með ESB, þó svo að minna sé gengið eftir því hjá SÞ.
Miðað við þessar staðreyndir, þá er ég hissa á því afhverju andstæðingar ESB séu ekki á móti SÞ líka. Þar sem lagaleg áhrif SÞ eru svipuð og ef Íslendingar yrðu aðilar að ESB.
Hérna er um ESB, til samanburðar.
The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993,[5] upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community. With almost 500 million citizens, the EU combined generates an estimated 30% share (US$16.8 trillion in 2007) of the nominal gross world product.[6]
The EU has developed a single market through a standardised system of laws which apply in all member states, guaranteeing the freedom of movement of people, goods, services and capital.[7] It maintains common policies on trade,[8] agriculture, fisheries,[9] and regional development.[10] Sixteen member states have adopted a common currency, the euro. It has developed a role in foreign policy, representing its members in the World Trade Organisation, at G8 summits, and at the United Nations. Twenty-one EU countries are members of NATO. The EU has developed a role in justice and home affairs, including the abolition of passport controls between many member states which form part of the Schengen Area, which also incorporates some associated European non-EU countries.[11]
The EU operates through a hybrid system of intergovernmentalism and supranationalism. In certain areas it depends upon agreement between the member states. However, it also has supranational bodies, able to make decisions without unanimity between all national governments. Important institutions and bodies of the EU include the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, the European Court of Justice and the European Central Bank. EU citizens elect the Parliament every five years.
The EU traces its origins to the European Coal and Steel Community formed among six countries in 1951 and the Treaty of Rome in 1957. Since then the union has grown in size through the accession of new countries, and new policy areas have been added to the remit of the EU’s institutions.
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Þegar hlutinir eru skoðaðir í þessu ljósi. Þá finnst mér andstaða við ESB vera fáránleg, enda eiga Íslendingar að taka þátt í samvinnu Evrópuríkjanna að fullum krafti. Við mundum fá langmest útúr því og jafna okkur fyrr á efnahagskreppunni sem núna ríkir með inngöngu í ESB og upptöku evru þegar það á við.
Sú einangrun sem andstæðingar ESB boða yrði ekkert nema afturför og minnkandi lífsgæði hjá Íslendingum.
Íslendingar eiga betra skilið en einangrun og vosbúð.