Major Takeaways from the Alexander Mercouris broadcast for January 19, 2023.(Mercouris 01.19.2023) The Shrinking Union I was particularly struck by a citation in this broadcast of an article by Mathew Lynn in Britain’s conservative Daily Telegraph to the effect that whereas in 1980 what was then the EEC accounted for 30% of global GDP today the successor entity, the EU, which is now several countries’ larger, accounts for only 15% of the global economy. One of the key benefits of its membership was the heft it wielded on account of its negotiating power and trade strength. The single market was so huge nobody could afford to ignore it.
Shrinking Europe
Shrinking Europe
Shrinking Europe
Major Takeaways from the Alexander Mercouris broadcast for January 19, 2023.(Mercouris 01.19.2023) The Shrinking Union I was particularly struck by a citation in this broadcast of an article by Mathew Lynn in Britain’s conservative Daily Telegraph to the effect that whereas in 1980 what was then the EEC accounted for 30% of global GDP today the successor entity, the EU, which is now several countries’ larger, accounts for only 15% of the global economy. One of the key benefits of its membership was the heft it wielded on account of its negotiating power and trade strength. The single market was so huge nobody could afford to ignore it.