“Repareeropdracht” AK

1. “Repareeropdracht” AK Namen: Annemarijn Alons Laura Praamstra Klas: G4c Docent: PLS

2. Inhoud Questions about Turkey, EU and Democracy; Filled in by ; Astrid van Zaanen; Laura’s mother Filled in by ; Korrie Alons , Annemarijn’s mother Filled in by ; Bert Alons ,Annemarijn’s father Our own opinion: Must Turkey join the EU?

3. Questions about Turkey, EU and Democracy • Filled in by ; Astrid van Zaanen; Laura’s mother • a) Do you think that Turkey has to join the EU?No. • b) Why do you think that?Turkey has a complete different culture, the Islam. I think it wouldn’t work when then Islam and Christianity meet in the EU. • a) Do you think that the influence of the EU has to be bigger in cases of national government, euthanasia and the soft drugs policy?No. • b) Why do you think that?I think there will be arguments when the EU will encourage in national policy.What would you think if in Europe, even like in the United States, an United States of Europe should come into being?I don’t think it would work out. The policy from Holland, is completely different as the policy from France. There will definitely be arguments about that. • a) What do you think about the introduce of the euro?I don’t like the euro. • b) Why do you think that?Things have became much more expensive than before the euro. • a) Do you think that the gulden has to come back?Yes • b) Why do you think that?I hope things will be less expensive when the gulden comes back.

4. a) What did you think of the European constitution?I didn’t like it. • b) Why did you think that? • Because you can’t determine such different politics as one policy. • What have you voted for?I have voted against the European constitution. • Do you think that the regional inequality would disappear?No, I think it’s a everlasting problem. • a) What do you think about the agricultural government from the EU?I think the agricultural government is okay. • b) Why do you think that?Because there aren’t any problems, it’s going well with the agricultural sector. • a) Do you think that Holland is a real democracy?Yes. • b) Why do you think that?There are elections, so we can choose our own cabinet. • a) Do you think that a democracy is important?Yes. • b) Why do you think that?I think democracy is an important part of freedom. Freedom to choose your own cabinet. • a) What is a democracy according to your view?Democracy is the right to choose your own cabinet.

5. Questions about Turkey, EU and Democracy • Filled in by ; Korrie Alons , Annemarijn’s mother • a) Do you think that Turkey has to join the EU?No. • b) Why do you think that?Turkey has a complete different culture and the country is poor. • a) Do you think that the influence of the EU has to be bigger in cases of national government, euthanasia and the soft drugs policy?No. • b) Why do you think that?I think that our own influence will went away if the EU gets more influence.What would you think if in Europe, even like in the United States, an United States of Europe should come into being?I think it will not work out very well, because very country has different governments and cultures. • a) What do you think about the introduce of the euro?I don’t like the euro. • b) Why do you think that?Everything is much more expensive now and people don’t know the value of money anymore, since the introducing of the euro. • a) Do you think that the gulden has to come back?No. • b) Why do you think that?Everything is expensive now, and if the gulden will come back, would everything stay expensive, even expensive as it is now.

6. a) What did you think of the European constitution?It is completely nonsense. • b) Why did you think that? • Because it was not clear what exactly would change and I think that the influence of the citizens would be a lot less than it is now. • What have you voted for?I have voted against the European constitution. • Do you think that the regional inequality would disappear?No, than must the whole EU government change. • a) What do you think about the agricultural government from the EU?I think it gives the farmers more security and that is very good. • b) Why do you think that?Because every farmer gets his money now, and can live a proper life. • a) Do you think that Holland is a real democracy?Yes. • b) Why do you think that?Everyone has the right to vote. • a) Do you think that a democracy is important?Yes. • b) Why do you think that?The citizens can influence the government and they can give their own view. • a) What is a democracy according to your view?Democracy is the right to choose your own government and you have the freedom to do whatever you like to do.

7. Questions about Turkey, EU and Democracy • Filled in by ; Bert Alons ,Annemarijn’s father • a) Do you think that Turkey has to join the EU?No. • b) Why do you think that?Turkey has a complete different culture, the Islam. It is also not a very rich country, so it will cost us a lot of money • a) Do you think that the influence of the EU has to be bigger in cases of national government, euthanasia and the soft drugs policy?No. • b) Why do you think that?I think that each country must keep his own identity, and if the influence of the EU is getting bigger, will our own identity went away. • What would you think if in Europe, even like in the United States, an United States of Europe should come into being?I think that that will be not very good. As I said earlier, I think it is important to keep our own identity and if there comes an United States of Europe, will our own identity went away. • a) What do you think about the introduce of the euro?I don’t like the euro. • b) Why do you think that?Everything is very expensive at the moment, since the Euro, actually. • a) Do you think that the gulden has to come back?No. • b) Why do you think that?I just got used to the euro and the euro has more value then the dollar and I like that.

8. a) What did you think of the European constitution?I don’t like it. • b) Why did you think that? • I think that the citizens of the country’s will not have anything to say, our influence is then went away. • What have you voted for?I have voted against the European constitution. • Do you think that the regional inequality would disappear?No, there will be always problems about regional inequality. • a) What do you think about the agricultural government from the EU?I think that it costs us to much money. • b) Why do you think that?Because to much money, millions of euro’s, are spent on it, from our taxes. If they not give so much money, our taxes will be a lot less. • a) Do you think that Holland is a real democracy?Yes. • b) Why do you think that?There are elections, so we can choose our own cabinet. • a) Do you think that a democracy is important?Yes. • b) Why do you think that?Because it gives us freedom. • a) What is a democracy according to your view?Democracy is the right to give your own opinion about everything.

9. Must Turkey join the EU? • We think that Turkey must not join the EU. We think that because Turkey has a whole different culture. Their culture is more orientated on the East and the Arabic culture. Their religion is the Islam and that is a whole different culture that we have. The women and men have a very traditional role and that is not good if you ask us, because men and women must be equal. They must have the same rights and that is not the case in Turkey. The Islam is also very dominant and we think that Turkey with his culture will influence whole Europe with not very nice measures. The Islam can overrule the whole of Europe. • It is also not a very rich country. The citizens are mostly poor. If Turkey joines the EU, must the other countries pay for Turkey. That will cost us a lot of money. The Netherlands are paying a huge amount of money already, and if Turkey joines the EU will the amount of money even be bigger. The citizens of the Netherlands are paying a lot of taxes already and that will be even more if Turkey joines the EU. The cicitzens of Turkey are poor and can’t pay for the EU and that is not fair toward richer countries, because we also work hard for our money, even as hard as the citizens of Turkey do, but we earn more and so we have to pay more, bur that is not fair, the amount has to be equal for every country. • Turkey has also not important materials wich are important for the rest of Europe. We can’t import a lot of agricultural products from Turkey because Turkey does not has it. • It is also already possible to go on vacation to Turkey on an easy way, so that will also not change if Turkey joines the EU. • So, as you can read, we think it is not a good idea if Turkey joines the EU. Maybe it is possible if the country is more developed, beacause than it will contribute to a better economy for the rest of the EU and Europe.