EU Court: Countries must listen to EU

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(09-07-2017, 11:27 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: This is true, but the more developed nations that weren't part of the Soviet Bloc equally benefit by utilizing a currency tied to so many undeveloped economies.  Germany makes far more money on this current arrangement than all the Eastern European countries receive in subsidies, likely combined.

There certainly is some truth to that, although I'm not so sure about your comparison. Currencys can be influenced either way, and the D-Mark didn't harm German exports too much either before there was an Euro, and then before we took the weaker economys in. Also, if Germany benefits, that doesn't mean Eastern countries don't also benefit.

(09-07-2017, 11:27 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Not an apt comparison at all.  The United States is a single country.  Europe is not, and likely never will be.  Not only that, we're talking national cultures that go back over a thousand years in some instances.  Also, you're ignoring (not deliberately) the fact that individual states complain about federal law, and sue the federal government, all the time.

It isn't an apt comparison, sure. We're not a single country, but we need to work together and not breed out different approaches in 20+ single small countries, or we will get lost in this world. We are a solidary group, and everyone has to play by the rules that were agreed upon, that's how a group works.
And sure, individual states complain in the US too, that's no surprise - and who ultimately settles these disputes is the US Supreme Court. The EU just has a similar aproach - the European Court of Justice (which was called "the EU", which I think is misleading) decides. Who else could?