Gaiden 3 - The Dawn is a little visible
My what a shame. That I babbled a little too soon...
But nobody told me beforehand...that this part here would be included.
Hak´s proposal, his vision is basically this:
1. A direct physical connection between Kouka, Xing, Sei and Kai in the form of streets in order to form trade routes
That sounds a lil bit too easy, right? Kaji has also doubts, if this will work. But Hak - like ever - believes...this guy can be so easily motivated.
2. Hak´s aim is a free circulation of people and goods between the different countries, between Kouka, Xing, Sei and both Kais.
3. And Hak also remarks upon politic alliances between Kouka, Sei and Xing.
Hak has the right idea, but he is basically putting the cart before the horse.
In the past this has really happened and it has -relatively - well worked in practice. If you have a better example, as I unfortunately have to rely on our European History, I am all ears.
2. A historical example of this plan
Well, what can I say, but welcome to the European Union.
This was the way this multilateral political and economic union in Europe was established.
There is a free circulation of goods and people in practice within this structure due to the Schengen agreement .
(And no this does not mean everything is sunshines and rainbows. There are still many problems on every level, still so many economic disparities between the countries, also political difficulties, but the danger for war between the different partners was successfully reduced. A good part of the economies depend upon this peace, after all).
The plan for this collaboration had the French Foreign Minister of that time, named Robert Schuman.
The First and Second World War had so heavily damaged the countries worldwide, but also in Europe, where the cause of the war had erupted. Twice. So Schuman aimed
To prevent further wars in Europe.
18 April 1951 – the European Coal and Steel Community was established. Important resources for war were controlled on a supranational level.
(of course Western Germany had been one of them as it was the cause of the previous two wars. Along with 5 other members).
25 March 1957 – Treaties of Rome
It was a success, so they expanded their collaboration to other economic sectors. The European Economic Community and European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom).
19 March 1958 – Birth of the European Parliament
From the economic union...this lead to an establishment of higher political structures. The European Parliament with Schuman as its first elected President.
1 July 1968 – beginning of the Customs Union
The custom duties are removed among the 6 members.
A growing Community – the first new members join
Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom join the European Communities on 1 January 1973, raising the number of member countries to 9. The Arab-Israeli war of October 1973 triggers an energy crisis and economic problems in Europe. As the United Kingdom has already left, you can imagine, not everything is so nice and sweet, but well...
Democracy spreads in Europe with the overthrow of the dictatorships in Greece, Portugal and Spain. Regional policy starts to transfer huge sums of money to create jobs and infrastructure in poorer areas. The first direct elections by citizens of members of the European Parliament take place in 1979.
The changing face of Europe - the collapse of communism
The Polish trade union, Solidarity (Solidarność), and its leader Lech Walesa, become household names following the Gdansk shipyard strikes in the summer of 1980 for workers’ rights and political change. In 1981, Greece becomes the 10th member of the European Communities, and Spain and Portugal follow 5 years later. The end of the decade sees the collapse of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe.
A Europe without frontiers
In 1993, the single market is launched with the '4 freedoms' of free movement for people, goods, services and money. The 1990s is also the decade of 2 treaties – the Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty) in 1993 and the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1999. Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU in 1995, and a small village in Luxembourg gives its name to the Schengen agreement that will gradually allow people to travel to large parts of the EU without passport checks.
3. From the vision to reality
Yona had vowed to search for a way to peace...well...this could be it.
Economic and political collaboration between the different countries. Maybe even forming supranational structures. A world without borders between the 5 countries.
Hak´s vision is - at least - possible.
Soo Won, too, is working to redirect the King´s power to other people, opening up the established system...Most likely leading to the establishment of democracy in the future at one point.
And this most likely is the
Dawn of Yona.
And I could throw up out of anger!!! We won´t see it!!! Damn!!!!
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