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I would say that you're exactly correct, when you say that the EU can never lead to a successful federal bloc. The EU is not a federation, no matter what kind o
by kiiski 11y ago
I would say that you're exactly correct, when you say that the EU can never lead to a successful federal bloc. The EU is not a federation, no matter what kind of nicknames one invents for it. EU citizens and member states don't want it to be a federation (some do of course, but they are probably fewer than the people calling for the EU to be disbanded entirely).
It's pointless to compare EU to USA. They are not the same, they were never meant to be the same, and no one wants them to became the same.
- igravious 11y agoI do. (Sort of.) I want the EU to become a successful federal _economic_ bloc. It already is a semi-successful federal _currency_ bloc. Some bailout institutions based on loan repayments have been created owing to this crisis. We need to go one step further and work out a system of fiscal transfers which upgrades us from a currency bloc to an economic one. We're one step away, that's all. Granted, it's a big step. I don't even mind if it happens covertly in the fine print of some labyrinthine deal because peoples' nationalism is a bogey that should be defeated by foul means as well as fair. I doubt I'm the only one. I think anybody who calls themselves European first, and their own nation second would agree with me.