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Originally Posted by Antonio
You mean just like in the US, where the NY state generates 10 times more GDP than Arizona, that doesn't work for them at all .... no, wait, it does, they are the biggest economy in the World, aren't they? Following your logic, Northern Italy should split from Southern Italy, the richer Ruhr should definitely split away from the rest of Germany and so on....
Joining the EU means stiffer cometition on every level ... and Google just told me that "competition is the critical driver of performance and innovation. It benefits everyone by enabling us to choose from an array of excellent products at affordable prices. Competition also encourages the adoption of innovation as companies evolve and new ideas flourish in the marketplace." For once, I agree with Google.
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what? you are not making any sense, your logic depends on each individual country to already be one superstate. a complete mishmash of cultures all poured into a single grey entity controlled by unelected leaders. If you take the UK to be NY in your example and say, Greece as Arizona then wouldn't NY want to walk away? What would the people of NY say if they found out that the taxes raised by the NY state for its schools, roads, lighting etc... were to be raised so they can also pay for Arizona's? But the British people (and the population of other richer member states) are expected to pay to prop up the weaker countries.
BTW, the shining example you hold up as a trophy has the biggest debt the world has ever seen. ($14.5 trillion dollars!)