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          That’s an interesting comparison I hadn’t considered, but isn’t it more like the current EU than the hypothetical federalised EU under discussion?

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        13 hours ago

        There has. The European Communities and the EEC. Neither were attempts to create a federation like US, China or Russia…

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          13 hours ago

          Mate the EEC was one of the European Communities, and it ended because it became part of the EU. That’s not a separate attempt. That’s the same one.

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            Lol no. The treaties of Maastricht, Nice and Lisbon turned a trade bloc into a political one.

            That’s centralising power, and it always fails.