It's not going to break up on account of the European Union. It's a fairly large market today, but one with only decline in its future. Europe's relative share

It's not going to break up on account of the European Union. It's a fairly large market today, but one with only decline in its future. Europe's relative share of the world economy will not increase again during the lifetime of anyone alive today. I also question whether Google isn't already more powerful than the EU. If it threatens to suspend services to the EU, it would cause a massive backlash among inhabitants, and not one that would be directed at Google. In most member states, popular support for continued EU membership is already dangerously low. Cutting 90% of the people off from their email can be the final straw. Remember when the EU wanted to break up Microsoft. What they ended up getting was a crippled version of Windows for the same price. Everyone bought the full version instead.