I disagree. We need a united front against the US and other powers. Especially our outwards responses are mired in long discussions where every country needs to have a say. We need a federal or super-national entity that decides upon these things without requiring every grain of sand to have input.
If we remain sovereign states, we will never see ourselves as “Europeans” but “French”, “German”, “Slovakian”, etc. We don’t have a “European” passport and it shows. There is no European identity just a mashup of multiple countries that think about themselves first and Europe second.
I disagree. We need a united front against the US and other powers. Especially our outwards responses are mired in long discussions where every country needs to have a say. We need a federal or super-national entity that decides upon these things without requiring every grain of sand to have input.
If we remain sovereign states, we will never see ourselves as “Europeans” but “French”, “German”, “Slovakian”, etc. We don’t have a “European” passport and it shows. There is no European identity just a mashup of multiple countries that think about themselves first and Europe second.
We have a centralized place to take decisions: the European Council and Parliament.
And I (and many others) would not like to lose sovereignty just because the European government cannot coordinate our nations.
That’s shortsighted and selfish thinking. The US needs people like you to be able to break up our union.