Quote Originally Posted by Meneldil
The EU/EEC has never been intended to be a trade union. Its aim, from the very beginning was to create some kind of European political union. Call it a federal state if you want (although that wouldn't be totally true).

Quite frankly, I find that to be silly, since European construction is kinda foggy atm, but stop to whine about the EU being more than a trade union, except if you want to make a fool of yourselves.

There was another grope that tried to do something similer... called the CCCP... *Or USSR for those who do not know Russian*