Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah
.@edwardlucas. Why is the EU clearly not an empire? The EU's constituent members have, for the most part, no frontiers, no true currency or economic policy of their own, and are subject to an imperial veto from the ruling power. Ask the Greeks and the Cypriots, especially. — PolitiTweet.org
Edward Lucas @edwardlucas
@Tuttlebees there's a lot of pushing and pulling. But clearly this isn't an empire in any meaningful sense of the term.
