> But the single market is what it’s for. Without it, the EU would cease to exist. To understand what motivates EU, as an organisation, you need to understand t

> But the single market is what it’s for. Without it, the EU would cease to exist. To understand what motivates EU, as an organisation, you need to understand the single market The author writes that really the only point of the eu is to be a single market, but that’s not true. It has other goals, well stated in its principles and values, in which one is “establish an internal market.” It’s important because it’s a common right wing talking point where I live in the EU. The right wing use it as an argument for making EU weaker, because they think that it “has moved away from its original purpose, to be an economic union.”. No, its stated aim and values are not just that but many other. The author seems to make an argument the other way around, that it is only an economic union; there is a disconnect and both parties are wrong. It is not just an economic union and its stated goal was never to just be one. I also take issue with the claim that EU thinks an all-seeing surveillance state is a good thing. They recently repelled the chat control law proposal, and I know they consistently condemn Swedens surveillance for being too intrusive. This just doesn’t match with what he is saying. But I digress. It's important to realize that if you only understand eu in terms of a market without its other values, then you as a company might be working against their stated goals and be punished for other reasons. The author is far too reductionist.