Originally Posted by
Crazed_Insanity
I think the idea of EU is good, you can't compete with the US otherwise. Had the US states successfully break away from the union under Abraham Lincoln's dictatorial reign, US for sure wouldn't become as influential internationally. I dunno, maybe that'd be a good thing...
Maybe you guys should try to leverage and negotiate for a better European Union(representation), rather than just making a decision to either accept as is or break away. I haven't been paying much attention there... maybe you guys already tried, but failed?