Originally posted by: magomago
"3. Shorter work weeks in EU as a whole
4. Lack of defense spending in the EU"
Are you referring to France? I was watching Euronews and it seems that they aren't getting more leisure time as intended, but rather they have to do the SAME work within a SHORTER amount of time and its tiring many Frenchmen.
As for defense spending as the EU plays a larger global role it will increase, but remember our hippocritical positions when it comes to foreign policy. The initial article posted above outlines a few of them
Europe as a whole has shorter work weeks and more vacation time. If they can get all their work done in a 35 hour week, sounds like they were under utilized before.