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

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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.

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

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