As a Portuguese, I'm 100% convinced that if we hadn't joined the EU, we would have impoverished ourselves to a worse standard of living than Morocco by now.
The EU has many, many, many faults but at least in our case it serves as a crucial dampener to our worst ideas about public financing and spending. Homogenisation is a good thing for the bottom 50% of participants.
The EU has many, many, many faults but at least in our case it serves as a crucial dampener to our worst ideas about public financing and spending. Homogenisation is a good thing for the bottom 50% of participants.