He's right that a lot states should not have been allowed to join the EU though.
Quote from: Flee on October 17, 2014, 01:36:51 PMHe's right that a lot states should not have been allowed to join the EU though.If it were comprised of, say, Britain, France, Germany, Benelux, the Netherlands and Scandinavia - with a smaller policy remit - it really wouldn't be a problem.
Quote from: Meta Cognition on October 17, 2014, 01:44:32 PMQuote from: Flee on October 17, 2014, 01:36:51 PMHe's right that a lot states should not have been allowed to join the EU though.If it were comprised of, say, Britain, France, Germany, Benelux, the Netherlands and Scandinavia - with a smaller policy remit - it really wouldn't be a problem.Benelux?
Quote from: Meta Cognition on October 17, 2014, 01:44:32 PMQuote from: Flee on October 17, 2014, 01:36:51 PMHe's right that a lot states should not have been allowed to join the EU though.If it were comprised of, say, Britain, France, Germany, Benelux, the Netherlands and Scandinavia - with a smaller policy remit - it really wouldn't be a problem.Yeah, true that. Despite having a population about the size of just NYC, Belgium would for example still be in the top half of all US states in terms of pure GDP.
Quote from: Lord Commissar on October 17, 2014, 01:59:54 PMThat's not surprising. Most US states are pretty much vast fields of emptiness and have less population than NYC.Large size is pretty helpful for an economy though. We're around the size of Hawaii, if I remember correctly.
That's not surprising. Most US states are pretty much vast fields of emptiness and have less population than NYC.
I don't understand why the EU keeps member states that only leech off of the others.