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Default Re: The Northern-Southern Italian divide [split]

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Originally Posted by Mynydd
I'm afraid that an economic union has to go along with some kind or another of political union.

For an economic union to be it is not enough to open the borders for free trade. There is also the need for some degree of disciplined joint economic directives.

It is a complex issue because it overlaps with the matter of national sovereignty.
Well from a Northern Italian perspective it doesn't sound any worse than what we have now, we are forced to pay taxes over taxes for helping the South but the situation down there never improves..

Anyway i don't think that many European countries can survive alone in such a competitive global market like we have nowadays, some form of union is needed, IMO..
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