Finland? No, never heard of it.

Khorde: I'm going to Sthlm this weekend. Meet me at T-centralen and I'll give you a cookie. Promise. Ok, you can even have two. But NO MORE.

Winter: Ever been to France? French workers are 'en grève' all the time. Wonderful country that. I don't get how their economy survives. Not in the long run. Obviously, due to massive unemployment, our trade unions follow the same pattern as their British counterparts. It's all about job creation and securing nowadays, simply because most people are satisfied with having jobs to go to. Well ok, I lied. Thousands of Swedes do nothing but play videogames all day, relying on the system to provide for them. Healthy? No. And yet it's insanely difficult to find a job. A first tiresome step towards a more healthy economy, would be to lower our taxes. Tadaa! (Ok, this is only one perspective of this whole thing. I'm quite aware of that. ) Then companies would be given a fair chance to invest and hire new employees, and our beloved welfare state would have to go through some changes, such as looking for additional sources of financing. Oh, the horror! But seriously, why should five workers support 30? Where's the logic in that? As it is now we're too slow to invest, and so the 'wage-price spiral' never becomes an issue. No, without further stimulation, the Swedish economy will stagnate. For real. I'm even in favour of higher inflation. HAHA.

No, I don't want Turkey to join. But I hear they'll have to follow custom made rules. Otherwise we'd have our hands full with mass immigration. The joy!

Shiva: Do you believe there is such a thing as a European identity? Do we identify ourselves with our fellow Europeans more than with other people, say Americans? Do we share cutural values etc?

What do you think?