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"...beyond that"... that is funny. The "ability to work anywhere in the EU" is a huge win for all countries involved, and it alone would be worth having the EU. And what kind of "regulations that seem to be hurting a lot of smaller countries" do you mean? I can't think of any.

Well... not a win for the countries the high-skilled labor is escaping from in droves.

Biggest one right now is probably migrant program. France, Sweden, Germany, all suffering as a result. The problems with Trade Agreements, or lack of.

> what does the EU offer other than a lot of regulations

The fact that there have no longer been wars between the participants?

After thousands of years of endless strife, wars & massacres.

Ask people from my great-parents generation (who lived throught WW2) if this is not a HUGE benefit...

That and the fact that Germany, France and England having the longest uninterrupted peace between them since the battle of Hastings.

But beyond free movement of goods, capital, services, and labour... what has the EU ever done for us???