Re:Croatia to switch to euro, enter passport-free Schengen zone
by BrandoElFollito on Sunday January 01, 2023 @04:02PM
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I am French and I am against the current EU.
The EU was built with the core aim to get Germany and France closer after WWII. This is a glaring success, it is enough to see how the current generation of ~18 yo see the past history of our countries (they do not care, not have any resentment).
The EU today is extremely unevenly distributed and I would seriously love to read why France should pay xMM€ to the EU (what do we gain, exactly, in terms of money).
And then there are countries such as Poland that gets a great net income of money, but has a government that hates the EU. And buys weapons from the US or South Korea. Sorry, but this is for me a leech.
Some countries such as Portugal also were (and still are) net receivers, but do not shit on the hand that brings the money.
I understand common culture and what not, but ultimately we have problems with paying hospitals and doctors so the high level considerations are for another day.
The EU was built with the core aim to get Germany and France closer after WWII. This is a glaring success, it is enough to see how the current generation of ~18 yo see the past history of our countries (they do not care, not have any resentment).
The EU today is extremely unevenly distributed and I would seriously love to read why France should pay xMM€ to the EU (what do we gain, exactly, in terms of money).
And then there are countries such as Poland that gets a great net income of money, but has a government that hates the EU. And buys weapons from the US or South Korea. Sorry, but this is for me a leech.
Some countries such as Portugal also were (and still are) net receivers, but do not shit on the hand that brings the money.
I understand common culture and what not, but ultimately we have problems with paying hospitals and doctors so the high level considerations are for another day.