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The EU is a racist construct. Spain have all the right to protect his housing market but why would a german be threated better than a guy from Brazil? Appartheid
What you say makes about as much sense as "Why can a German get help abroad from a Spanish embassy, but they won't care about a guy from Brazil". The reason is that the Brazilian is not a EU citizen: For the purposes of the rights of the individual the EU is not a confederation but a federation, acting as if it were a single country.
Also, Mercosur does the same so taking Brazil as an example might not've been the wisest choice.
sounds like abunch of apologist for internal colonisation. If the dutchies had entire island full of spaniards they would vote for geerts real quick
Spaniards? Does Papiamento count?
Also the Balears aren't Dutch but German and also they don't speak Spanish but Catalan. Begone, Castilian oppressors!
Dutchies ARE germans.
Definitely more than Bavarians, yes.
I call them germanish
Quite the opposite. The eu requires free movement of people and goods and services, so if a German was not allowed to buy, like a French, or Spanish person, that would be against eu rules. The explicitly cannot ban someone form outside their country who is an eu citizen.
Sure, you want to extend it globally, rather than just the eu, but the purpose was to restrict propert to locals. The logical policy if the eu did not exist would be to include the Germans etc you mentioned. The whole purpose of the eu is to increase, not decrease integration, with a view to preventing war by ensuring mutual prosperity.
You understand that eu is specifically against "racism" like that, which is why the eu has it banned. Which is why Spain can't treat eu citizens differently than Spanish citizens. And that is why they have to do that law like that if they actually want to reduce the amount of foreign owners of houses (and the consequences, reduced housing opportunities for locals, increased houses)
Historically, the eu has been very welcome to new members or countries like Norway, which would want to join it completely. Nothing prevents Brazil of finding a similar agreement with the eu or Spain. I don't mean joining the eu. I mean a deal that would have similar benefits.
If you believe that the idea of countries is racist and wrong, fair enough, but if you think countries are needed, don't complain about the consequences of it. I can't become the president of the united states. I can't just fight to china and work there.
They should probably only do this if you already have another property in spain already. Problem solved. If youre moving there then you can still buy property.