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0 pointscsomar1y ago0 comments

> Some say it began as a CIA project.

Modern day EU, is a sharing of power structure over the EU between France and Germany. The institutional seats for the EU are in Brussels, Frankfurt, Luxembourg and Strasbourg. Poland and the UK wanted Turkey to join the union to provide voting balance against Germany and France. This didn't happen and France made it clear that they'll never agree to it. The UK left because of this imbalance (despite having special privileges).

One way to think about the current EU in medieval terms: A personal union between France and Germany; and a bunch of associated vassal states.

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TeMPOraL1y ago

So if we want to tie this back to CIA, it's less a CIA project, and more of major European powers deciding to band up before CIA comes for them too.

csomarOP1y ago

I don't think the CIA had much to do with it. I am pretty sure they tried to soft-power their way through some decisions though. Europe is too big for the CIA to control.

exceptione1y ago

> The UK left because of this imbalance (despite having special privileges).

The UK had a very beneficial (for the UK populace) position. Disinformation campaigns fueled by oligarchs and Russian money got the population to score an own goal. Gains for the few, destruction for the others.

But as one of those wealthy politicians said, "at least the fish are now happy".

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