No, but then my country is not part of a decades-long effort to unify the continent it resides on under a single financial and regulatory regime; we finished doing that roughly 150 years ago.
No, you tried to do that 203 years ago, but we burnt down your White House.
I'll give you that you unified somewhat less than half of the continent though. ;-)
Touché! :D
European politics is funny - EU treaties talk about "ever closer union" and the Euro was deliberately designed with no exit mechanisms; but at the same time politicians never talk about forming a "united states of europe" as it's deeply unpopular with voters.
In other words, if you ask whether the EU aims for a single financial and regulatory regime the answer is "yes and no"
Plenty of politicians in fact do talk about a United States of Europe and it is an ideology that is instilled in future elites to be in political scholarship programs etc.
Re:Greeks Reject Bailout Terms
by roblfrieburg on Sunday July 05, 2015 @10:53PM
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> when you try to unify Europe?
Very few current EU countries signed up for a "unification of Europe", it started as a trading bloc and escalated from there.
Re:Greeks Reject Bailout Terms
by honest_joe on Monday July 06, 2015 @02:09AM
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USA is totally different from the EU. And that's the point.
As a result, we don't have to "bail out" Mississippi so much as continually pay for its mismanagement.
And so, again, isn't "paying for mismanagement" part of what you sign up for when you try to unify Europe?