The going overboard is calling it your civic duty. I have no problem with following the rules, even rules that apply that are issued by a foreign country that may pertain, but to call it a civic duty, and that "the President have stated that they want the citizen to do" is what is going overboard. The EU is a praliment, and they do have a president, but how many people can honestly say that they have seen Jerzy Buzek tell them it is their duty to collect this money?

My point in going overbaord isn't with the actual issue here, it is with the post that I quoted when I made the statement. That is the reason that I quoted that post when stating "going overboard".

/understand what you are saying, as your profile makes me believe you are a Brit (so if you embrace the EU, why not adopt the same currency that all the others except the Danish have?) but most of the posters on the UA/CO forum are not citizens of an EU state, so I wrote a) to the masses, and b) to the poster I quoted, who I believe is not a citizen of an EU state, but rather of the US, and his reference to the President, was vague as to whose president.

I believe that UA has chosen to operate there before there was such a cartel as the EU, but they flew into individual states. Yes, UA has chosen to continue to operate there after the formation of the EU, but it isn't like UA started flying into those countries as they became EU states, rather UA flew to Europe long before, and continues to after. How many NEW coutries in the EU has UA added since the formation compared to countries they flew to before. This point is moot, but I am just pointing out that in most cases, UA didn't choose to fly to the EU, they choose to fly to individual countries that then joined the EU after. A subtle and legally moot point, but a valid perspective shift none the less.