When Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] took power in 2005, the EU as a legislative and executive power was still largely regarded as a pipe-dream and a joke. Merkel said of the EU, it needs to not "concentrate too much on whether bicycle paths are built the same way in [[Portugal]] and north-west Germany," which is what the EU's salaried [[bureaucrat]]s had done the previous 50 years. During Merkel's tenure the EU has grown into a horrid monstrosity that has disrupted common people's lives.
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When Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] took power in 2005, the EU as a legislative and executive power was still largely regarded as a pipe-dream and a joke. Merkel said of the EU, it needs to not "concentrate too much on whether bicycle paths are built the same way in [[Portugal]] and north-west Germany," which is what the EU's salaried [[bureaucrat]]s had done the previous 50 years.
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During Merkel's tenure the EU has grown into a horrid monstrosity that has disrupted common people's lives.