I have. I wrote that the eu should never have allowed countries to join the euro without them demonstrating their economies can live within the constraints that management of that currency would demand. I said it was a mistake, but let's be clear - it was also a choice by those countries democratically elected governments who are responsible for their respective country's economies. so again, do not $#@!ING LIE and say this is my idea of the EU. it isn't.
we went through this about Greece - if you recall, as I do, you complained about the eu reforms being imposed in Greece and when it was pointed out that it was Greece that managed its economy and created huge deficits and failed to reform - eg paying some pensions at age 45 - you conceded that Greece did indeed need to reform. you think that's ever going to happen if a creditor doesn't force them to or do you think they should be allowed to continue to pay pensions to 45 year olds whilst the "workers" across the rest of Europe pay them to?
Greece voted in its government, its government chooses to join the EU, its government mis-manages the economy, its government chooses to hire a US merchant bank to hide liabilities and misrepresent its financial returns to the EU. It falsely maintains its credit rating in order to borrow more money that it cannot pay back. it's "democracy" that voted in these crooks wasn't it, not the eu. and your solution is what? to carry on regardless whilst the rest of us fund them? oh but it isn't is it, because you've already said, let's get out of Europe before those economies crash so we don't have to help bail them out. then you accuse everyone else of not caring about the poor, when really other than paying lip service to them, your solution seems to be to run away from them as fast as you can?