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tags:EU vs USAEU versus USAEU superstateEU superpowerEU armyEuropean BattlegroupsTöGEthé® Eurobarometer:http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/st...Autumn 07: http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/ar...Support EU membership: 58%yes 13%noSupport EU mem. UK: 39%yes 30%noSupport EU mem. Lux: 82%yes ??%no"Why do you compare a country with a continent?" - EU 27 countries & USA 50 countries - EU 4.3 mil. km2 & USA 9.8 mil. km2 - EU 495 mil. ppl & USA 303 mil. ppl (I use "per capita" stats.)"EU is not country!"- EU state system is confederation.- EU has all signs of confederation (basic law body is treaty & indirect obligation of instructions)- EU also has some of federation signs (e.g. direct obligation of regulations & double citizenship)- According to current Czech Law European Union is a state. EU itself purposely represents itself like unique union of states, even if the EU already reached all signs of state."Whats GDP per capita"- GDP Per Capita is a measure how much the citizens make a "value".- It is not SALARY!- USA and Spain has the same average salary (1660 EUR), but Spain has lower per capita GDP. EU has 5% bigger salaries then USA.Music European anthem - Ode to joy.Sources:armyrecognition.comaeroflight.co.uk/airforce.htmnationmaster.comCFEEDA eda.europa.euDODEncyklopedia Americanaimf.orgcsdp.org/researchGuiness record book"I would like to compare European Union to Empire" Jose Manuel Barroso.EU donations:http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/ar...(page 6)Average salary after tax:(EUR a year)(source:finexpert.cz)http://www.finexpert.cz/default.aspx?...http://www.finexpert.cz/default.aspx?...USA 15 800 (2007)Lux 25 000 (2005)UK 23 000 (2005)Ireland 23 000 (2005)Denmark 22 000 (2005)Nether. 21 000 (2005)Finland 20 500 (2005)Germany 20 200 (2005)Sweden 18 000 (2005)Belgium 17 800 (2005)Austria 17 700 (2005)France 16 900 (2005)Italy 16 000 (2005)Cyprus 15 000 (2005)Spain 14 500 (2005)Malta 10 000 (2005)Greece 10 000 (2005)Slovenia 7 500 (2005)Portugese7 500 (2005)Czech 5 000 (2005)Poland 4 000 (2005)Hungary 3 700 (2005)Slovakia 3 500 (2005)Estonia 3 300 (2005)Lithuania2 400 (2005)Latvia 2 100 (2005)EU 15 18 100 (2005)(circa)EU 25 13 000 (2005)(circa)EU budget - recipients (in million euro)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eu_budgetGreece - 4 951Spain - 3 926Poland - 3 305Portugal - 2 191Belgium - 1 590Ireland - 1 120Luxemberg - 953Hungary - 842Lithuania - 578Czech r. - 330Slovakia - 303Latvia - 287Estonia - 200Slovenia - 107Malta - 100Cyprus - 95Gross Wages in 2003 (EURO per month)Gross Wage in EURO/PPP EUROLux - 3323 / 3210 Belgium - 2746 / 2802Denmark - 3481 / 2703 Ireland - 2542 / 2619 UK - 2723 / 2575 Netherlands - 2293 / 2385Sweden - 2620 / 2177Italy - 2089 / 2098France - 2128/ 1972Finland - 2109 / 1924Austria - 1942 / 1915Greece - 1328 / 1737Spain - 1234 / 1477czech rep. - 453 / 1156Poland - 521 / 999Portugal - 643 / 951Hungary - 343 / 791Slovakia - 266 / 739Source: http://www.mesec.cz/clanky/kde-si-za-...Gross Wages 2006 in euroSlovakia - 626Czech rep. - 777if you know the other please send me...Gross wages 2007Czech r. - 823 eur