Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk View Post
And then there's another small change to the EU: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-a8151516.html.

The catalyst might be the UK leaving... but the interesting point is that this (currently minor) tax will be directly levied by the EU. Clearly required. Clearly a good idea. Clearly good for the environment.

And now the EU has a central bank, diplomatic offices, an armed forces, wants to have its own tax raising powers...


Which is nothing new really.
As a player of the Europa Universalis series of Paradox and being interested a bit in history I present to you the "Common Penny" that the Holy Roman Empire collected to defend it’s borders against the turks and french:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Penny