Benefits and drawbacks of the EU (0)

Benefits and drawbacks of the EU
Joining the European Union in 2004 has definitely brought some good and some bad things to Estonia in the past 9 years. As they say, you have to take the good with the bad.
One positive thing that almost immediately pops into my head is the fact that being in the EU makes travelling so much easier between the member countries. So, along with the EU currency – the euro, travelling in Europe has never been this easy . Now people don’t even have to exchange their currency when travelling for example to Finland. But the simplification of travel could also bring some drawbacks. With leaving the country being so easy, many students who are looking for better opportunities abroad now have the chance to easily leave their homeland and maybe never come back. So Estonia is losing some of its valuable young people. And since the use of euro, prices have gone up a lot, and Estonians are not happy with that either.
Another thing that is positive is the increase in national security . If some other country were ever to attack Estonia and threaten our independence, the attack would be considered as an attack to all the member countries. This makes us feel very safe , being a small country. Furthermore , being a small country can sometimes mean having no voice in world affairs but being a part of the EU has made the smaller countries in Europe more heard.
So, in conclusion, joining the European Union has made our situation better in some ways and then again worse in others. But we all have to remember, that if we don’t try out something new and let go of the old and known , we will never develop and move forward. We should accept the changes , either good or bad, and be happy with what we’ve got, because it could always be worse.