AFAIK a lot of European countries have an equivalent of the USPS. Though in doing a quick search for this post I learned that Germany doesn’t have a state owned mail service anymore which is weird. Maybe it’s time for the EU to take on that role?

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dutchy here; our national post office has been privatised decades ago (it currently goes by the name of PostNL). I believe most (western) eu countries don't have a national postal service anymore, like there isn't a national phone, tv or internet provider anymore.

[–] mimavox@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Same here in Sweden. Our right wing governments have destroyed everything in the last 30 years.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

Our scumbag neoliberals privatized Deutsche Post in the 90s, but Deutsche Post AG is still legally obligated to provide basic mail service.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, most European countries don't have a government postal service. Either it's always been private or it was privatized decades ago. The USPS is fairly uncommon model.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Wellllll, let's make banks fulfil post office duties instead! :)