A fully integrated union would almost certainly work better than the halfway house we have now. That's certainly the solution EU leaders have been arguing for up to now.
The problem is that it only works if people want it to. This isn't like forming the USA, building a brand new country from scratch. Hardly anyone, besides the politicians whose pet project it is, really wants a United States of Europe. No one asked them to put all that work in.
The other point is that the 28 member states have wildly different economies. What works for some doesn't work for the rest. I agree there is an argument for keeping the EU, and deciding certain things at that level, but a lot fewer things than are done at that level now.
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Date: 2014-05-28 06:51 pm (UTC)The problem is that it only works if people want it to. This isn't like forming the USA, building a brand new country from scratch. Hardly anyone, besides the politicians whose pet project it is, really wants a United States of Europe. No one asked them to put all that work in.
The other point is that the 28 member states have wildly different economies. What works for some doesn't work for the rest. I agree there is an argument for keeping the EU, and deciding certain things at that level, but a lot fewer things than are done at that level now.