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The Euro experiment about a completely mobile and unhindered workforce is very very unpopular in western Europe (esp. the UK).

The same principal is the enemy of the Honduran policy to allow autonomous zones within the country. Either the agreement to guarantee Hondurans residency within these enclaves will be ignored/suppressed, or there will be clashes if the enclave is successful - people without jobs move to where there are jobs - just so they can eke out a living.

Possibly the end-sum will be like the rich neighborhoods in US ciites which basically use the nearby poor areas as cheap labor pools and crime sinks.

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I think that's an unfair characterisation of public opinion of the Euro "experiment". (North America did federated states a while back though, remember?) I mean maybe if you get all your information from the Daily Mail. Definitely got the scare quotes and odd wording going. Yes, there are groups that are opposed to it, although the most vocal all to often are later revealed to be complete bigots, but there are many groups in favour. It helps that even though there are poorer and richer member states the wealth and employment gap isn't that large. Certainly it's smaller than between Honduras and US immigrants. The common currency has been much more of a problem.

You're clearly not a foreigner. You can see and feel that opinion everyday all over western europe, specially the UK, even if you're just a tourist. Even Paris seems cosy and friendly after being in England.

Well in that case I apologise for my countrymen I suppose.

Huh, i have been to England many times and except for the hostile airports I haven't encountered this.

I worked as a consultant for quite a few months in the UK, Germany and France each and you can feel it in the undercurrent of work life there - and this was nearly a decade ago.

Why do you think the BNP, Front National and Golden Dawn have so much traction? It's not just the currency and banksters (leftist parties are equally against those). It's the sudden impact of uncontrolled immigration as well.

But not immigration from other euro countries, it immigration fom outside eu...

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