In my opinion, Europe will suffer changes both good and bad. Firstly I believe that the policy on immigrants and benefit tourists coming in from the new European Union will be changed as Tony Blair promised. Many other Countries seem to be dealing with this such as Germany and Belgium who are placing restrictions which ban migrant labour, in Germany for seven years and two years in Belgium. However in Britain there is still a problem with the different nationalities living in the country and receiving benefits even when they aren’t doing anything to try and improve their income. There is also the fact that there are British tramps on the streets of London and other large cities because the immigrants are taking jobs which they could have done.

However the government is trying to deal with this by advertising on Slovak television asking the population not to come to Britain. Hopefully this should lower the number of Slovaks coming into the country.

Tony Blair said he would also try to cut off the pull factor for Britain as this would eliminate any reason to come to Britain and if this is done I believe that there will be less immigrants in Britain, however it is not as east as that. Something else will have to be done too. I have already mentioned the restrictions that Germany and Belgium have put into place which reduce the level of migrant labour, and I believe that if this is combined with cutting off the pull factor for Britain, the number of immigrants coming into the country will be much lower. Another way of doing this is by limiting the number of work permits as they did in Poland. The Polls restricted the number of working permits to 6, 500, which is much less than the record number 175, 000 that were issued in Britain. So in Britain I believe that the number of immigrants will be reduced due to the sheer number receiving benefits which come from the money we pay as tax.

I am now going to move on to the currency in Europe. The currency in most countries in Europe has recently changed to the euro. This is beneficial because if you ever have to go to another country which shares the same currency as you, you do not have to make any money conversions. This is good as you can then use your spare change on things like a postcard or a t – shirt, whereas we, living in Britain, have to make annoying money exchanges which we also have to pay a fee for. This is also a problem because when you make money exchanges you cannot get small coins for the little things I have already mentioned because you only get large notes which are a nuisance to use on those small things. It is also useful because it allows shoppers to compare prices of goods across Europe without having to take into account currency values compared to other values such as the pound being equivalent of about 2 dollars. The downside of the euro is that every country which uses the euro is relying on one bank located in Germany and gives Germany a sense of authority which wants to be avoided by the other countries.

Due to the beneficial points for the euro, one must consider the introduction of the euro into the British economy. There is mounting pressure over Britain to switch to the euro due to the fact that Britain will be excluded from certain EU meetings and lower Britain’s authority in the EU. There is also the fact that there have been optimistic for the interest and inflation of the euro and if Britain does not adopt the euro, many people will view this action as a missing out. However at the moment the pound has greater value than the euro. For every euro, the British equivalent is 70p. There is also the fact that it is very difficult and troublesome to switch to the euro as all the pounds will have to be exchanged and this could be met with very angry citizens as they would have to pay the exchange rate in order to change there now-worthless money for the euro. So overall I do not believe that Britain will adopt the euro.

There is also the obvious question of which countries might join Europe. Well, I believe that Switzerland will not become a part of Europe as they already have a respectable economical position. By this I mean that they do not seem to be having trouble with anything such as an influx of immigrants and Switzerland seems to have a sense of independence probably due to how they have coped without any help from other countries in terms of economy.

In conclusion: I believe that Britain will act upon the problem of the overwhelming number of immigrants, that Britain will not adopt the euro, and that Switzerland will remain a neutral, independent country.