inari ( inari@piefed.zip ) to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agoIt is time to build the United States of Europeelpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up172
arrow-up172external-linkIt is time to build the United States of Europeelpais.cominari ( inari@piefed.zip ) to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squareSkua ( Skua@kbin.earth ) linkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month ago…so there has not been an attempt like the EU
minus-squaredeHaga ( deHaga@feddit.uk ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThere has. The European Communities and the EEC. Neither were attempts to create a federation like US, China or Russia…
minus-squareSkua ( Skua@kbin.earth ) linkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoMate the EEC was one of the European Communities, and it ended because it became part of the EU. That’s not a separate attempt. That’s the same one.
minus-squaredeHaga ( deHaga@feddit.uk ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoLol no. The treaties of Maastricht, Nice and Lisbon turned a trade bloc into a political one. That’s centralising power, and it always fails.
minus-squareSkua ( Skua@kbin.earth ) linkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month ago “Lol no. Actually it was exactly what you said”
…so there has not been an attempt like the EU
There has. The European Communities and the EEC. Neither were attempts to create a federation like US, China or Russia…
Mate the EEC was one of the European Communities, and it ended because it became part of the EU. That’s not a separate attempt. That’s the same one.
Lol no. The treaties of Maastricht, Nice and Lisbon turned a trade bloc into a political one.
That’s centralising power, and it always fails.