Romanians And Bulgarians

 

 

In the 1960 when Germany was divided, the East Germans thought of a plan to cripple the West German economy. Any East German who reached the age of 60 and was not of a significant person to the East Germans economy were allowed to leave and enter West Germany. The idea was that even though they were East Germans the West Germans were obliged to pay these people old age pensions and other benefits at the rate that West Germans were entitled to, because West Germany didn't recognised the division of the country and all Germans were the same, luckily the plan did not succeed. But today the European Union is under a similar scheme, that can damage the prosperity of the people of what was once classed as Western Europe. As the European Union increases in area and there are at present 27 countries, with eight more waiting to join in the future. In 2014 Romanian and Bulgaria are going to become members, and there is going to be an expected influx of people from these countries. Under present EU legislation any person coming to Britain from these countries are entitled to the benefits of this country. For people coming and getting jobs there is no problem but for people coming as benefit tourists then we have a problem. In Germany they are feeling the problem with in some areas social breakdown is happening. There are in Germany 159,000 Romanians, in France 90,000,in Spain 900,000 and in Italy 970,000. The home office expect 50,000 to come to this country in 2014 but some experts predict that it could be ten times that number. Statistics vary but a Bulgarian worker on the minimum wage with a dependant spouse and two children receives a weekly income of £62 in Britain he would receive £543, a single Romanian on the minimum wage would receive £55 in Britain he would receive £254. Is it any wonder that these people would want to come to the West and Britain in particular. Now Cameron says that he vows to cut benefits for migrants. But can he do anything, if there is unrest with the people of this country and a growing unrest in other Western countries such as France and Germany. Haven't the rules to be altered, so that these Romanians and Bulgarians who come to this country as benefit tourists would only receive the same amount of benefits that they would receive in their own country. Like wise if people from Britain went to Bulgaria they would receive the equivalent British benefits in those countries. People may say that this is not fair or just, but is it fair and just that these people can come this way to gain more than at home. Even though not many people leave this country for those countries.  The system is loaded against the West and in favour of the Eastern countries. The only fair way would be for the European Unions leaders to inform these countries that they have to increase benefits to comparable benefits in the West, then perhaps we would not have as many migrants coming from these countries to escape poverty, yet we have the  government here cutting benefits to our people to find savings because of the austerity that only the working class and some middle class families are feeling the pain.