European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said ⁠the European Union is opening the door for Canada to become the first associate member, a status that does not exist under the bloc’s ‌treaties.

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    7 days ago

    Cars make up only moderare part of exports to the US, and not all of them are German. Indeed many of the “German” cars are produced all across the EU.

    Your argument also does not even touch it how supposedly all controlling Germany ends uo paying the most.

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      7 days ago

      Produced doesn’t mean a lot since the sell only goes to one. Also it s significant part of German export.

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        7 days ago

        So you claim a considerable part of the Slovak GDP does not exist because the factories are owned by international companies? What a load of nonsense.

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          7 days ago

          Lmao yeah compare German fdp to Slovak one just to see something. This intentional misunderstanding is ridicule

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            6 days ago

            There is no misunderstanding. Slovakia being lower income member state does not change anything, the xar induszry has a big stake in the Slovak economy. Standard of living has also considerably improved since joining the EU, to no small degree thanks to the car industry, that employs a lot of people. Slovakia isn’t the only country without a big car company HQ. Austria also has a lot of jobs in the car industry, especially in supplier companies.

            Before calling others ridicule you should still resolve your conundrum that Germany is supposedly all powerful in the EU, yet its largest net payer.