[virmundi]

The EU is a confederation. They need to be considered as a block now. Don't look at Germany. Look at the EU.

[tormeh]

The countries in the EU go to war independently, the states of the US do so as one. I think that's where the line goes, really.

[AnimalMuppet]

True, the EU is a confederation. Also true: it's not a country.

What's a country? Well, it has a single currency. The EU does... almost.

A country has a border that it controls. The EU does... more or less.

A country has a military. The EU absolutely does not.

And a country thinks of itself as a country. The EU does not. I suspect that this last reason is why the media doesn't report on the EU as if it were a single country.

[virmundi]

The US didn't think of itself as a country until after the civil war. Even once the Federal government took power, individuals aligned more with their state than their State.

As to the EU having a military? They're getting there with the US finally starting to get tired of defending the region with little respect. https://www.wikitribune.com/story/2017/11/15/european_union/...

[fauigerzigerk]

I can't. There are tons of EU countries missing from this list.

[virmundi]

They should have rolled them all up into the EU. It infuriates me that no one does. Not for crime reports. Not for economic reports. The media doesn't do it right.

[AnimalMuppet]

Does the EU? Do they produce EU-wide crime reports? EU-wide economic reports?

If not, don't blame the media...

[hanbura]

Yes, on all common metrics, in great detail: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat