It's not a EU matter. Each european country works its own way (some with a president, some with a royal family). The EU has not a word to say about it!
And thank you for the interesting reply... Fortunately, I'm already thinking about several points that you talked about... such as health, children ... I agree with you and I prefer to think about it at the beginning of our relationship than in 20 years... I'm happy to say that he is very healthy, he gets some exercice every single day ...but how many years will he keep doing ? Difficult to say...
So, I keep thinking about it before to start anything serious...
I'm European and I have visited the USA several times (Only MD and DC). And I can tell you that there aren't huge differences between Americans and Europeans...except some small differences of culture.
And like you montecito...I don't understand why people stay in a place that they obviously dislike.
I will finish by telling you how much I love the USA and Americans
RE: would you kiss on a first date?
If I like the guy ...