• Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 days ago

    I was just looking at it from the stance that as members of the EU they are in a relationship to their “Federal” government that kind of parallels the relationship of a state to the US federal government. You know, no power to make war, money, decide their own immigration rules, restrict travel from member states/countries, etc.

    And if we had a state government that was breaking down like France is, they wouldn’t get to sit around without a government for 589 days. At least I don’t think so, I don’t believe we’ve ever had things be that screwy before.

    Anyhow, it’s really complex and I hope the French work things out.

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      8 days ago

      Yeah but the relationship isn’t like that. They do have control over those things (though there are some limits as part of being an EU member).