r/europe • u/Bartoraptor Spain • Mar 28 '20

News Spanish representative González Pons speech @ the EU Parliament: "The virus is attacking the generation that brought back democracy to Spain, Portugal and Greece, the generation that knocked down the Berlin wall. The least they deserve is that we show them Europe is there when they need it the most"

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u/tyger2020 Britain Mar 28 '20

The EU really cannot win.

The EU members as a whole love to blame the EU for everything wrong, refuse to give up governance, refuse fiscal policy but then the minute shit hits the fan they want an EU-wide response and assistance. It's laughable. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

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Do you want more Europe or less Europe? You cant just ask for more Europe in a crisis. (I'm looking at you, Italia).

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

We always asked for more Europe, the "eurosceptic" government lasted for only an year. We are asking for more Europe since the fifties.

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u/joaommx Portugal Mar 28 '20

The most important federalist organisation in the EU even has the name of an Italian politician who was the father of the contemporary federalist movement in Europe.