inari@piefed.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 5 days agoIt is time to build the United States of Europeelpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down112 cross-posted to: europeanfederalists
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkIt is time to build the United States of Europeelpais.cominari@piefed.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square49linkfedilink cross-posted to: europeanfederalists
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoThat’s an interesting comparison I hadn’t considered, but isn’t it more like the current EU than the hypothetical federalised EU under discussion?
minus-squareCAVOKlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoProbably yes, but I don’t know enough about the Hansa to weigh in. But from what I can remember conquest wasn’t a part of it. It was a trade and defense arrangement that you joined voluntarily.
The Hansa was something of a proto-EU.
That’s an interesting comparison I hadn’t considered, but isn’t it more like the current EU than the hypothetical federalised EU under discussion?
Probably yes, but I don’t know enough about the Hansa to weigh in. But from what I can remember conquest wasn’t a part of it. It was a trade and defense arrangement that you joined voluntarily.