• wjrii@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I’m always cautious about comparing the US to the EU too closely, but in this case it fits, as both are continent-wide common markets. If you “live and travel within the EU,” it barely counts as international travel for economic concerns.

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      7 months ago

      I’m always cautious about comparing the US to the EU too closely, but in this case it fits, as both are continent-wide common markets.

      The rest of North America would like a word with you…

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        7 months ago

        No more so than Switzerland and the former USSR west of the Urals, I suppose.

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          7 months ago

          AFAIK, most of the pan-European plans cover the whole Schengen Area (including Switzerland), and the most of the former USSR boarders aren’t all that porous, unlike the NAFTA boarders.