The biggest problem with the EU is, thinking they can make the European countries with thousands of years of individual statesmanship, a union that is culturally and governable the same. While also using the same valued currency for every 'state' in the union. Europe is not the same as America with our states. They are not relatively the same culture that has thousands of years of fighting for the border lines so that some other country didn't destroy their culture and ways of living. The EU is just another scheme. A way to control each country, and way to essentially turn them all into the same cultural identity. It will not, as is not, working out for all of the states in EU. America shouldn't be 'helping' them with billions to Paris and their political establishment. We are going to help Europe all right. But it will be with real trade deals that bring real prosperity and innovation. The UN needs to run out of money. Period.