(October 5, 2013 at 12:04 pm)LastPoet Wrote: European? I knew it! Portugal is an island. Do not mistake your pampered German ways to the rest of the union. We still have universal healthcare, no thanks to your precious union. Oh, and say hi to Angie. Now that he has kissed ass through the German election, mabe she would take responsability for all the harm she has done.
I am not relying on the union.
Social safety networks and social healthcare is in place all across the continent from scandinavia to the bosporus to the meditaraine. If I were so much relying on a union I would advocate a single gian network - which doesnt exist. These networks may be different from nation to nation (being very big in France, smaller in Germany, and probably on the way to being abolished in the UK) but in concept they are all the same.
Which is why I feel comfortable when speaking about a "European model".
Practicaly speaking, this kind of phrase is of course wrong. Since countries outside of Europe such as Japan also have this system.
