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This bridge may be in Greece, but it was paid for with mostly German money—so Ger-
man trucks full of Gummy Bears could efficiently get to their market across the Gulf of
Corinth in the Peloponneisan Peninsula.
Periodic controversies aside, Europe strives to put the revenue it collects to good use. The
EU is dedicated to bringing its infrastructure up to snuff. After World War II, the United
States invested in rebuilding Europe with the Marshall Plan. It was a smart policy de-
signed to assure us strong and stable trading partners and allies. Over the last couple of
decades, for essentially the same reasons, Europe has employed a kind of internal Marshall
Plan—investing hundreds of billions of euros in roads, rail lines, communication, educa-
tion, and other improvements to strengthen their union. Travelers not only see this, they
benefit from it.
