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Just look at how german banks or car manufacturers are treated in EU

by tough 4y ago

dfee 4y ago
Here you are: https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-takes-the-eu-hostage-on-cars/ https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-takes-the-eu-hostage...
iSnow 4y ago
That is hardly the fault of the EU, but one member state. Everyone points to the evil bureaucratic EU, but in reality, member states frequently get in the way of the EU to protect their industry. In both cases, Germany had to accept rules they would have never accepted if they were outside of the EU - even if they sadly were able to soften them up.
- tough 4y ago
  Well it would make sense that the problem is precisely that some state members have an outweighted power distribution for calling the shots. Like yeah, Germany likes to keep the EU as a consumer of their shit, basically. France likes to play along 2nd I guess
- est31 4y ago
  The same is happening with other countries and other sectors. Say how strong the farming sector is in France.
  - tough 4y ago
    McDonalds vs French Farmers
    - Loic 4y ago
      By the way, the way farmers destroyed McDonalds in France in the 2000's created a wake up call for the company to adapt its offers to the local markets. Afterwards France was the fastest growing market and the "recipe" was then exported all over the world. This really interesting to read about it.
Y-bar 4y ago
Like this? Last month: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/business/france-bank-raid-tax-fraud.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/business/france-bank-raid... A year ago: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/apr/29/deutsche-bank-hq-frankfurt-raided-suspected-money-laundering https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/apr/29/deutsche-ba... A few years ago: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/17/deutsche-bank-faces-action-over-20bn-russian-money-laundering-scheme https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/17/deutsche-ba... Panama papers: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/29/deutsche-bank-offices-raided-connection-with-panama-papers https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/29/deutsche-ba...

Just look at how german banks or car manufacturers are treated in EU

by tough 4y ago

Just look at how german banks or car manufacturers are treated in EU

dfee 4y ago

Here you are: https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-takes-the-eu-hostage-on-cars/ https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-takes-the-eu-hostage...

iSnow 4y ago

That is hardly the fault of the EU, but one member state. Everyone points to the evil bureaucratic EU, but in reality, member states frequently get in the way of the EU to protect their industry. In both cases, Germany had to accept rules they would have never accepted if they were outside of the EU - even if they sadly were able to soften them up.

tough 4y ago
Well it would make sense that the problem is precisely that some state members have an outweighted power distribution for calling the shots. Like yeah, Germany likes to keep the EU as a consumer of their shit, basically. France likes to play along 2nd I guess
est31 4y ago
The same is happening with other countries and other sectors. Say how strong the farming sector is in France.
- tough 4y ago
  McDonalds vs French Farmers
  - Loic 4y ago
    By the way, the way farmers destroyed McDonalds in France in the 2000's created a wake up call for the company to adapt its offers to the local markets. Afterwards France was the fastest growing market and the "recipe" was then exported all over the world. This really interesting to read about it.

Y-bar 4y ago

Like this? Last month: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/business/france-bank-raid-tax-fraud.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/business/france-bank-raid... A year ago: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/apr/29/deutsche-bank-hq-frankfurt-raided-suspected-money-laundering https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/apr/29/deutsche-ba... A few years ago: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/17/deutsche-bank-faces-action-over-20bn-russian-money-laundering-scheme https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/17/deutsche-ba... Panama papers: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/29/deutsche-bank-offices-raided-connection-with-panama-papers https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/29/deutsche-ba...