In reply to J-Class, the assertion that the EU is 'modern and functional' is laughable. It is the sclerotic practices of the EU, which have contributed to the failure of EU airlines to modernise. Subsidies to Sabena, Alitalia and Air France have been cloaked in other guises. I have no doubt that some form of words by corrupt politicians and bureaucrats in Brussells will provide the vehicle for further subsidies for Sabena.
True democracy does not exist in the EU, leaving the EU Commission and its bureaucrats unaccountable. This 'modern and functional' EU is the road to dictatorship, with which Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Austria and Germany are familiar.