France and Germany will never again be at war. The EU might seem fragile, but that is because the NATO and the EU expanded to fast. Remember some 20 years ago

France and Germany will never again be at war. The EU might seem fragile, but that is because the NATO and the EU expanded to fast. Remember some 20 years ago there was a wall through Berlin, now nearly everybody behind that wall has joined. Russia destabilized Ukraine to stop this movement. Still the EU welcomed Croatia in 2013 and the Eurozone Estonia in 2011, so it is growing. North-Western Europe already has a large coalition of countries that want and think the same things and have an excellent standard of living. The East will catch up economically and the South will get back on its feet. It will take some time, but I think they will join the group. Some countries like the UK want their special treatment once in a while, but everybody knows, that London has to play along to some degree if it wants to stay the financial center of Europe.