Even a broken clock is right twice a day. That's the EU. There are some things that are good. Mostly the technological/market standardizations that allow more efficiency. Stuff like a single plug, voltage for all EU, etc. But these could all be achieved without the extra very heavy government that is the EU. The EU is a not good thing for anyone. And this is coming from a Portuguese, Portugal is one of the countries that has received the most amount of money from EU. This money only served to centralized the inequality and unproductivity. It's a complete mess. There are no free lunches nor shortcuts in an economy. Being poor is the natural state of humanity. There's no problem in being poor. The EU is a disease, like fiat is a disease. But hey, this is just my opinion :)