inari@piefed.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 14 days agoIt is time to build the United States of Europeelpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down112
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkIt is time to build the United States of Europeelpais.cominari@piefed.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareCAVOK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 days agoThe Hansa was something of a proto-EU.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 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-squareCAVOK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 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.