The Cherry Picker

in German published 2019-01

The British and the Swiss are called cherry pickers.

       As I already said in my October 2017 post, I love Europe, but I have problems with the EU in its present form.

Many EU supporters insist on the inseparability of the four freedoms. Unlimited freedom of movement may not be broken. And anyone who tries is called a "Rosinenpicker" or cherrypicker.

You often find statements like this on Twitter: Europe doesn't need CherryPickers

However, from an economic point of view, nothing speaks for the inseparability of the four European freedoms. It would be different, for example, if a country wants freedom of movement of goods without committing itself to comply with the environmental protection agreements.

If a country were able to restrict the free movement of persons, the other member states would have no economic disadvantage.

The EU euphoricists want to enforce the four freedoms with a kind of compulsion. What a contradiction!

The idea of a united Europe is often promoted with ideological zeal. But shouldn't especially the Germans realize that political zeal can lead to catastrophes? Is zeal always good for the Good? No, “The opposite of Good is often well meant”

      Shouldn't more consideration be given to the needs of other countries? Dogmatic stubbornness and know-it-all-ism will destroy the EU!

Brexit would not have to happen if the EU showed more flexibility!

       The EU has a democratic deficit, and more and more citizens see Brussels as a bureaucratic Monster.