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> Why would countries join the EU and the Euro if it didn't benefit them? Joining benefits the country's elites, rather than its general populace -- and it's t
by marton78 1y ago
> Why would countries join the EU and the Euro if it didn't benefit them?
Joining benefits the country's elites, rather than its general populace -- and it's these elites who decide whether to join.
Bulgaria joining will weaken the Euro, which benefits big, export-oriented economies such as Germany and France. This is how the Euro has always worked: the big economies dilute their trade surpluses at the cost of smaller European countries.
- hgomersall 1y agoAnd the strong countries export their unemployment to the weak countries.
- Strom 1y ago> Joining benefits the country's elites, rather than its general populace -- and it's these elites who decide whether to join. That's bullshit. The decision to join is made via referendum.
- PunchTornado 1y agono proofs, just rephrasing what anti-eu propaganda says. also it is nice how people think they are able to dismiss a policy like the euro in 2 sentences thinking they understand it. probably without a phd in economics either.
- ChocolateGod 1y agoall the elites like the expats in Spain.