I think the EU has a very important role to play, like this, but it shouldn't be the case that we have to be an empire to survive - either against other big emp

I think the EU has a very important role to play, like this, but it shouldn't be the case that we have to be an empire to survive - either against other big empires, or mega-corps, both kinds of things have a bit too much power. The mega-corps we can regulate, and (unfortunately) - a powerful EU is needed to do it in this state of the world.