Far from being the representative of big business, the "EU elite" are actually bitterly opposed by US neo-cons, Liberal economic business interests and a plethora of xenophobic, nationalist and religious groups.
That American biznizmen are opposed to the EU does not in and of itself mean that the EU does not pander to bizniz. Just not the same bizniz as the US panders to.
Class solidarity has its limits, even for fatcats.
Now, if you want to argue that the EU is better at opposing oligarchic bizniz - whether in the forms of local robber barons or trans-national robber barons - than the individual member states, be my guest. I think that there is such a case to be made. But you haven't been making it lately.
The election results are in now. Can we snap out of campaign mode, please?
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
Very true. And countries can do it, too. Just the other day, we had the strange situation that Sarko and Merkel beat out a 'compromise' on car CO2 emission levels that is rather generous to (and was greeted by) carmakers, while the EU Commission wasn't amused. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
