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Re:Financial systems take a holiday by Tijdreiziger on Thursday February 29, 2024 @09:54PM (#39558035)
Sure, they gave us 100 years of peace on the European continent, and hassle-free commerce, travel and communication across borders, and the freedom for any of its citizens to study and work anywhere within its borders, and modern mobile phone networks [1], and universal phone chargers, and strong protections of our personal data, etc., etc., etc.

…but other than that, what has the EU ever done for us?

https://genius.com/Monty-python-what-have-the-romans-ever-do...

[1] GSM was created as a European standard by the EU

Re:Financial systems take a holiday by carlosjobim on Friday March 01, 2024 @12:42AM (#39558903)
> 100 years of peace on the European continent

Absolutely, if you discount minor regional conflicts such as Word War II.

Re:Financial systems take a holiday by pavlov on Friday March 01, 2024 @01:36AM (#39559174)
The first version of the EU is about 70 years old, so it surely can’t be blamed for WWII either.
Re:Financial systems take a holiday by lupusreal on Friday March 01, 2024 @06:04AM (#39560638)
No matter which way you slice it, 100 years of peace in Europe is an absurd claim.
Re:Financial systems take a holiday by Tijdreiziger on Friday March 01, 2024 @11:27AM (#39563348)
OK, I admit to being (more than) a bit overzealous on that point. Still, peace has existed within the borders of the EU and its predecessors since the formation of the ECSC (one of the EU’s predecessors) in 1951.

Even if you disregard that point, though, the overarching point of my comment still stands.

Re:Financial systems take a holiday by carlosjobim on Friday March 01, 2024 @11:40AM (#39563514)
After WWII Europe was occupied by the allies on one side and the Soviet Union on the other side. It was called the cold war and peace was guaranteed by mutually assured nuclear destruction. Not by the European Union.
Re:Financial systems take a holiday by carlosjobim on Friday March 01, 2024 @06:55AM (#39560920)
So, the EU is 70 years old. But we should thank them for bringing 100 years of peace. From 1924 to 2024.

I'm starting to understand why the sentiments around EU here on HN is completely different from what I hear from anywhere else.

Re:Financial systems take a holiday by reisse on Friday March 01, 2024 @04:21AM (#39560103)
> Sure, they gave us 100 years of peace on the European continent

Ah, the famous European continent that includes only Western Europe. Approximately one million people died in the process of breaking up Yugoslavia.

Re:Financial systems take a holiday by Tijdreiziger on Friday March 01, 2024 @11:26AM (#39563334)
OK, I admit to being (more than) a bit overzealous on that point. Still, peace has existed within the borders of the EU and its predecessors since the formation of the ECSC (one of the EU’s predecessors) in 1951.

Even if you disregard that point, though, the overarching point of my comment still stands.

Re:Financial systems take a holiday by reisse on Friday March 01, 2024 @05:00PM (#39567295)
Technically speaking, you're still incorrect. Algerian War happened inside the ECSC borders, however outside the European continent. Then, there were much smaller Basques-Spain and IRA-England conflicts.

The right wording might be "there were not yet a war between internationally recognized acting EU member states". That may still be an achievement, because you cannot say the same for a lot of other alliances, e. g. for NATO.

Re:Financial systems take a holiday by selimthegrim on Saturday March 02, 2024 @10:05AM (#39573009)
Source?