Originally Posted by crucifissio

every time a small fish enters a pond with big fish the result is always the same...you will get EU obligations but you will not get EU $$$...the "admittance money" that you will get will be spent by politicians on their private "in pocket" projects and you, the people, will have to pay this back...

as for "sovereign state" this is a complete illusion...there are 3-4 sovereign states total and they have nasty nukes and a way to deliver...all the rest are not sovereign by any stretch of the imagination...