[sandstrom]

The US is a large power compared to any individual European country. But for example Microsoft about as much money in the EU than in the US.

[Cederfjard]

Sorry, I think you missed an important word there - how much do they make in the EU compared to US?

[MomoXenosaga]

The EU was specifically founded because European politicians were acutely aware that divided they would fall against the US/USSR.

We are at a crossroads: remain independent or try to get as good a deal from the US as we can like Hawaii did.