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This is why UK politicians particularly on the right have said for a long time that the Eurozone supports a sort of status quo with France and Germany benefitti
by ssl232 4y ago
This is why UK politicians particularly on the right have said for a long time that the Eurozone supports a sort of status quo with France and Germany benefitting from selling industrial goods to your so-called "PIGS" (tbh I've never heard that term before). This aspect has in my experience never fully been discussed in an unemotional way in public across the EU. Single market and freedom of movement are wonderful but as a pro-Remain Brit I'm thankful we kept out of the Eurozone.
- toyg 4y agoThe Eurozone as originally set up produced that situation, but it's slowly being tweaked with things like the TPI. The endgame is having a US-like setup, with trasfers and all. But for political reasons, it has to be sold to the public piece by piece. The Eurozone is like Asimov's Foundation, periodically going through predictable crisis to modify its equilibriums while going from strength to strength.
- fdsafdsfdsa 4y agoThe US has significantly more cultural and economic cohesion than the EU, and there's a good chance it won't last my lifetime either.
- desindol 4y agoWe just got a common enemy in the EU the US only real enemy is itself.
- fdsafdsfdsa 4y agoThat's an excellent point. The US is a prime example of a nation-state that is too good to last. Humans just can't take it.
- harperlee 4y agoYes, the main issue in Europe is that we don’t have a shared language. From that stems less exposure to other countries politicians, press, politics, tv… which makes most cross-frontier social organizations impossible, slows cross pollination of cultures, etc.