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Actually, the EU has lots of (probably) intractible problems. For example the closest thing it has to a constitution is the TREATY OF LISBON (the constitution p
by satnhak 4mo ago
Actually, the EU has lots of (probably) intractible problems. For example the closest thing it has to a constitution is the TREATY OF LISBON (the constitution project having fallen apart), which begins HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A12007L%2FTXT https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A...). Compare that with the US constitution that begins "We the People of the United States" and you start to understand how bad the situation for the EU is.
- mopsi 4mo agoAnd yet, the US seems much closer to absolute monarchy than Belgium with their actual king.
- GMoromisato 4mo agoBut that’s my point. The US can act as a unified state whereas the EU often cannot. The difference between “We the people” and “The King of the Belgians + 20 other leaders” is stark: one is united, the other is not. No one wants Europe to be authoritarian, but it could stand to act more united.