As can be seen, it's meant to suggest that the EU is the same as the Soviet Union.
Of course, this is complete bollocks. After all, the USSR wasn't really up on free movement of goods, capital, services or people, what with it being a communist dictatorship.
Anyway, I was reading a report which the EU published a few days ago concerning its 2010 dealings with other countries over human rights.
It's quite an interesting read, especially the sections covering the Middle East and North Africa given this year's events.
While I was reading it I found discovered something alarming: the EUSSR does exist! Seriously, it does - check pg. 124, para. 5.4.11.
Of course, the EU's use of the term is somewhat different; in the report it is an acronym for "EU mission in support of the Security Sector Reform", which is was created to help stabilise Guinea-Bissau but closed last year due to the on-going situation there. Tweet
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