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Try flying VFR from Paris to Berlin -- without talking to *anyone*,
either on the phone or in the air -- and see how far you get. You
will quickly find out that America really is still the "Land of the
Free" when compared to your European Union, or anywhere else in the
world, for that matter.

The European Union are still seperate countries with their own rules.
I doubt it that you can fly to Canada, Mexico, The Bahamas or Cuba
without 'talking to anyone'.

I believe that with a flight plan, you can fly VFR to Canada without talking
to anyone until you get to a towered Customs airport.