Why do European left-wingers love the EU so much when it contradicts so many left-wing values?
>>73481857
Because liberals are not leftists but believe they are
As simple as that
Being left wing is a mental illness.
>>73481963
Kek. Can I have that image?
>>73482008
It's all yours buddy.
They don't place importance on the nation state like right wingers do
They also like the way the EU takes money from higher GDP countries (UK, Germany) and invests it in relatively shit tier GDP countries (Romania, Bulgaria etc.)
They also like big government (although most don't know why) and the EU is like a super-big government lording over national governments
>>73481857
I'm not sure about the EU contradicting too many left-wing values. It's essentially a central government with as less democratic mingling as possible, which sounds pretty left-wing to me.
>>73481857
Besides immigrants there is literally nothing wrong with the EU.
>>73482161
>there's nothing wrong with neoliberalism
>>73482161
And it's reluctance to reform, or accept criticism.
>>73482266
I guess the EU is actually conservative at heart then.
>>73482161
>bureaucratic hellhole, not democratic, over regulations
>>73481857
Because it's run by lefties and has been thought up by lefties.