As I've said before, the European Union is a strange beast -- different from anything the world has ever seen before (The Strange EU Beast). Today it is made up of fifteen different sized, one-headed creatures that every six months take turns being the EU beast's leader.

In 2004, the EU beast will absorb ten more little one-headed creatures into its body. This means, this time next year the EU beast will be a huge monster made up of twenty-five different sized creatures and, if things stay as they are, it will have twenty-five creatures taking turns being its leader.

And, as it stands today, only ten of the fifteen one-headed creatures that make up the strange EU beast have horns. So, the EU beast has only ten horns available to defend itself in times of trouble. However, this could soon change.

Recently, a disagreement between the horns broke out when another beast -- a very powerful one that lives across the sea -- asked the EU beast horns for help in fighting a foe. Three of the horns liked the beast across the sea and wanted to help. The other horns didn't like the beast across the sea and refused to help.

At first the ten horns tried to work out their differences. But, when it became evident this wasn't possible, the three horns that wanted to help the beast across the sea went off without the other horns to fight the foe.

Now the three horns have triumphantly returned from helping the beast from across the sea. And, to their surprise, they have found the horns they left behind still angry with them. In fact, the horns they left behind are so angry they not only don't want to let the three horns back into their group, they're actually attempting to make the EU beast a completely new set of horns.

Will these angry horns be successful. The three horns don't think so. For one thing, the three horns think the EU beast's set of horns will always need the friendship of the very powerful beast that lives across the sea. For another, the ten new creatures that are to be absorbed by the EU beast in 2004 also like the powerful beast from across the sea (Read about it here). So, the three horns reason, when the ten new creatures become a part of the EU beast in 2004, the angry horns will have no choice but go along with being friends with the beast from across the sea.

Never the less, the angry horns are still angry. So angry, in fact, they have come up with a plan. They have decided to asked another very powerful beast -- one that lives in the far north -- to come and help them make a new set of horns for the EU beast that doesn't need the friendship of the powerful beast from across the sea.

And, what about the ten new creatures that still like the powerful beast from across the sea? Well, since the ten new creatures are not scheduled to be absorbed into the EU beast until 2004, the angry horns will attempt to create their new set of horns for the EU beast this year in 2003 while they still have the power to do so.

Yes indeed, things are getting exciting in Euroland.

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