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> US is basically the funder of the EU You mean "funder" as in financial funding? If so, how exactly?
by barbazoo 3y ago
> US is basically the funder of the EU
You mean "funder" as in financial funding? If so, how exactly?
- WhereIsTheTruth 3y agoThis is why it is important to not skip History class, "Reading the Past, Understanding the Present" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan They funded and founded the EU, it was their idea, to merge economies and to open up borders to trade their goods push their influence further East And it was their ideas to break big monopolies so their industry could be more competitive over there https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Coal_and_Steel_Commun... And now, it is their idea to allow data transfers and tinker with copyrights law so they can further help their AI industry
- barbazoo 3y agoI'm aware of the Marshall plan. Parent's comment could have been read as "continues to fund the EU" which I don't think is a thing other than the usual, trade, etc. Thanks for sharing the link to the ECSC, it's been a while since I read about that. I wouldn't say though that the US founded the EU (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union), at least not in the literal sense of the word.