EU deal drops "Free Competion": BBC

[Conman]

This article relates how the new EU treaty that is about to surface has dropped references to "free and undistorted competition" and instead is now proposing "social market economy aiming at full employment". Even though I am American, I feel apprehensive about this change as I thought the EU was just an evolution of th EEC, which itself was just a trading bloc. I would really like the imput of our European members, both those who are from EU countries and ones from the European Economic Area (EEA).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6229300.stm

[Litti]

I am literally hypnotized by your avatar, thus I am unable to give any reasonable answer to the topic at hand. :| Must....focus.....

Anyway, the whole purpose of the Union was to establish a better playing field so we could resist the American and Asian domination.

Free competition and free movement for labour inside the EU, and protectionism in order to protect our culture from media imperialism. If we give up these principles, what the hell do even do with the EU? Coffee parties in Brussels?

[Conman]

I am literally hypnotized by your avatar, thus I am unable to give any reasonable answer to the topic at hand. :| Must....focus.....

Anyway, the whole purpose of the Union was to establish a better playing field so we could resist the American and Asian domination.

Free competition and free movement for labour inside the EU, and protectionism in order to protect our culture from media imperialism. If we give up these principles, what the hell do even do with the EU? Coffee parties in Brussels?

HA the first time I saw this avatar i swear to god that I was hypnotized, I looked down at the computer at like 7:10 and when i finally looked away it was like 7:20-25 :-)

Where was I
I agree that the EU was set up by Europeans for Europeans as a protection and helper against globalisation, However what i got from the article was that individual states in the EU no longer had to play fair with each other, that say a French or German company or utility firm was in trouble or was about to be bought and absorbed by a British or Italian company the government would step in and protect them. Say like what happened between E.ON and Endesa
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6279801.stm

[Thor]

This article relates how the new EU treaty that is about to surface has dropped references to "free and undistorted competition" and instead is now proposing "social market economy aiming at full employment". Even though I am American, I feel apprehensive about this change as I thought the EU was just an evolution of th EEC, which itself was just a trading bloc. I would really like the imput of our European members, both those who are from EU countries and ones from the European Economic Area (EEA).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6229300.stm

It's just one sentence they altered slightly... The compromise now reads "The European Union is to offer it's citizens a free inner market".

[Conman]

It's just one sentence they altered slightly... The compromise now reads "The European Union is to offer it's citizens a free inner market".

Could you post a link to this