^So be it.
EU-Europe allows for a high degree of national self determination.
The one thing that stands out when reading your comments is the presupposed
uniqueness of the Danish model. Basically whole western Europe has a high degree of social security. Its a common denominator and a valued way of living.
The moment it gets really funny though is when the Nordic fellow assesses "Southern Europe" in order to distinguish economic differences.
Just to remind the Smørrebrød: Italy is a G8 country with an economy bigger than Russia. Spain is bigger than Canada and Brazil, plus having the same
HDI as Denmark !
Western EU Europe (EU15) is already pretty coherent in living standards and lifestyle even political attitudes. Thats why an EU state can be trusted, because it is lead by likeminded Europeans.