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Originally Posted by JManc
You are comparing EU members to US states. Apples and Oranges.
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The EU was an attempt at recreating a US like federal system in Europe. While the differences between each state in Europe is far more defined because of thousands of years of interconnected political history I think its an apt comparison.
In my experience Europeans seem to consider the USA like they would a single nation within the EU block when they should be considering it like an EU block.
As I said earlier how many Europeans would be cool expanding their welfare and Health systems to all of the citizens of the EU, especially those ones in Southern and Eastern Europe.
I imagine there would be lots of consternation about that.