Lol , We are not really poor and you are not really rich, it all depends on the cost of living, dollar based number in many cases are meaningless. EU is not a country, it's very divisive and Germans always look down on Greeks, deny it as you will ,but everyone knows it as a fact.
EU is never a pole cause it's not a country no matter how badly you wish it to be, it can never function as a real country, and EU as an organization is declining fast, faster than US, 10 years ago it may possess some weight and say but now it's increasingly being marginalized, a bunch of midgets won't make any impact in today's world, as US pulling out of Europe, all European states will have to realign themselves and the total reshuttle of Europe will ensue.