It's always about the money...
I was just talking with a friend about why wouldn't Switzerland enter the EU.And he told me that, basically, Switzerland doesn't need the EU, and if they'd enter, their [ridiculously] high standard of living would actually decrease.
And that's when it hit me: the European Union would have never existed either if it wouldn't have been economically advantageous. And all the "European identity" and "European nation"-talk was slapped on, afterwards. So, if the union weren't profitable, no one would have cared about the "European nation". This reminds me of a joke:
Several upper-class gentlemen were discussing about sex. Some of them argued that it is 90% pleasure and 10% work, while others said it is 50-50. Unable to reach a conclusion, they asked a butler what did he think about this. And the butler answered: "It's 100% pleasure, because if it were even 1% work, you'd have had me do it for you." ;-)
So, I'm starting to think that the European Union is about "the European spirit", just as much as George "Dubya" Bush's "war against terror" is about fighting terrorists.
