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I think your first paragraph describes the EU/EEA too, or at least it did when Poland et al joined in 2004. Germany and France (and the UK at the time) dominat
by walthamstow 3y ago
I think your first paragraph describes the EU/EEA too, or at least it did when Poland et al joined in 2004.
Germany and France (and the UK at the time) dominate. Poor nations like Poland and Greece with rich ones like Norway. Conservative countries like Hungary alongside progressive social democracies like France and Sweden.
- rcarr 3y agoPeople have got to stop calling Poland a poor country. It’s on track to overtake the UK in terms of quality of life in the middle of the decade.
- walthamstow 3y agoRead the comment again please. I am talking about 2004, you are talking about 2025.
- rcarr 3y agomy bad
- School-Cotton 3y agoWell, the EU is not one country and probably never will be. One of the most important countries has already left, euroskepticism is a major political force in many of the remaining ones, the idea of “ever closer union” seems to be dead, some natural future members (Turkey, Serbia) are indefinitely stalled, and even mildly authoritarian members like Hungary and Poland (which, btw, are infinitely more liberal and democratic than Cuba or Venezuela) are constantly in conflict with the central institutions. I doubt there will ever be even an EU-like structure encompassing Latin America, but even if there is, that would be a far cry from becoming a united sovereign state.