> a European-style union between the two countries would be a good idea The E.U. was primarily a union between 4 equally-sized countries, i.e. Britain, France,

> a European-style union between the two countries would be a good idea The E.U. was primarily a union between 4 equally-sized countries, i.e. Britain, France, Italy, and West Germany, each having about 60 million people and similar-sized economies. No single nation could lord it over the others, as would the US over Canada in a North American union.