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The very basis on which the EU is founded is cooperation, It's becoming and hopefully staying a trait that seems normal to europeans. I'd prefer cooperation over isolationist worldpowers any day.

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The EU is cooperative among its members, but its economic policy towards the rest of the world is protectionism.

The EU is the world's largest exporter and largest importer [1]. It also the world's largest foreign investor and the world's largest recipient of foreign investment. If it were protectionist, that would hardly be possible.

[1] http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/eu-position-in-world-trade/

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