On this day, 69 years ago, six countries took a leap of faith and signed the Treaty of Rome. 🇧🇪 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇱🇺 🇳🇱
They chose cooperation over division, laying the foundations for what would become today’s European Union.
From a shared market to shared ambitions, that vision has grown far beyond economics. It’s about connection, opportunity, and celebrating what makes each member country unique.
Different languages, cultures, and histories, one common journey.
United in diversity, then and now. 💙
A similar thought that struck me a while back:
Right now is probably the strongest and most functional the Kalmar Union has been.
Sure, the Nordics aren't in a union with one king now, but with all being in NATO now this is the most coordinated our militaries have ever been. And wwe're all EU+EEA, and freedom of movement since decades. etc.
Looks like a more solid "union" than we had in the 1400s.
@Gurre @FrancoisPrague @EUCommission
i was thinking polish-lithuanian commonwealth
and i was thinking that because they had a democratic system where only one dissenting vote could stop everything
and even more amazingly, oftentimes the dissenting vote was because of a bribe from #russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberum_veto#Zenith
but i'm not being pessimistic, i just find that parallel interesting. i like you think the #eu is stronger than its ever been, and will only get stronger
@benroyce @FrancoisPrague @EUCommission
That is a good analogy, can't deny that.
And still I'd say the overall state is pretty good. Nuance and complexity abound.
But also: there's clear need for reforms. Less vetoes, kicking out lobbyists from the halls of power, etc.
@Gurre @FrancoisPrague @EUCommission
from russia's point of view, they view the eu as the polish-lithuanian commonwealth
but what they miss is that just many of the individual states alone (germany, france, italy, plus sort of uk) nevermind the rest are more powerful economically than all of russia. and the polish-lithuanian commonwealth was weak surrounded by powerful rivals (prussia, russia, austria-hungary, ottomans)
today it's more like the last dying gasps of one weak empire to the east
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