> They're unfree
As opposed to the subjects of the EU regime?
The EU isn't a regime, it's 27 sovereign nations in a free trade agreement that itself has marginally more democratic representation than free trade agreements normally get.
All members nations of the EU are wildly more free than China is; the USA would be middling to low by EU standards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freedom_indices
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The EU isn't a regime, it's 27 sovereign nations in a free trade agreement that itself has marginally more democratic representation than free trade agreements normally get.
All members nations of the EU are wildly more free than China is; the USA would be middling to low by EU standards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freedom_indices