There's absolute sovereignty, and then there's the speech of your own citizens within your own borders. But in reality yea, the EU is essentially at the articl

There's absolute sovereignty, and then there's the speech of your own citizens within your own borders. But in reality yea, the EU is essentially at the articles of confederation stage of the US. The EU has been flexing its muscles with what laws they can enforce on their members, and I'd expect the eventual EU army to be the turning point where people start to realize the EU election is likely more important, or at least equally important, as their local elections.