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UK embassies vs EU embassies?

Why do we need embassies of individual countries like UK, France, Germany and so on? They are a waste of taxpayer's money. The US also doesn't entertain embassies for New York or Pennsylvania.

I think we should at last have a EU diplomatic service and close down all those totally unproductive embassies and high commissions of the member countries

Update:

who thinks that say the Bruitish embassy can do what any chamber of commerce cannot do?

Tell me what useful thereis in this world that you would need a Brit embassy and not a EU embassy?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The embassies are need for the specific requirements of their respective countries and citizens other than issuance of visas. Thus, there is a need for an embassy for each country.

  • 1 decade ago

    Unlike the USA, the EU is NOT a federal state (at least not yet). Each country is still sovereign (mostly) and needs its own embassy. They are not unproductive and do a lot of useful work.

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