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Re: by JadeNB on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @12:01PM (#34806890)
> > But the EU insists on open borders because they want social and political integration, not just economic integration.

> Yes, they do. You don't know what the EU project is about. You don't know its history:

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> The EU was always a political union.

I'm confused, because it seems that you and your parent are saying the same thing. Did you misread them as saying the EU doesn't want political integration?

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Re: by oblio on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @03:56PM (#34810452)
If you read their tone, EU political integration is a negative aspect.

I'm saying that a) it was always the plan and b) it's good.

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Re: by JadeNB on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:10PM (#34814057)
> If you read their tone, EU political integration is a negative aspect.

> I'm saying that a) it was always the plan and b) it's good.

As someone who thinks the EU's mission of political integration is a good thing, I think jumping from "someone seems not to think that it's a good thing" to "they don't understand the history of the EU" is less than civil. Even if you and I both agree with the program, surely it is possible to understand it and yet disagree with it?

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