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The judges shouldn't be seeing a penny more or less no matter the verdict. If they're bribed that is another matter.

Judges may think of their families, communities, and countries; in something of this scale it would be hard to be impartial.

How much of an effect would $6B really have on the EU? According to Wikipedia[0], their GDP is around $16,800 billion. If I were the judge I wouldn't see any reason to believe my community would derive any measurably benefit from that income.

If a politician came to them and said, "we're going to use that $6B to fund this particular program," well sure, but that would seem to be a subset of bribery.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_European_Union

Judges may think of their families, communities, and countries; in something of this scale it would be hard to be impartial.

Compared to the combined national budgets of the EU member states the fine amount would be a rounding error.

But don't the judges work for the EU?

Yes, and their job is to interpret the law impartially. It isn't a perfect system. How would you suggest we improve upon it?

We could create a political body that is outside any of the countries. Everyone that agrees to be part of it will have to respect its decisions.

Once this is setup the world will be united. We can then call it the United Countries or something like that. It's going to be great!

And?

"EU" is a broad term. The legislature is a different branch to the executive ie the European Commission. Most here in the UK get it wrong too.

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