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Ka-pi96 said:
Qwark said:
Ka-pi96 said:

Except that shouldn't really be a problem. If it were to unite in to one country those wouldn't be broke corrupt states any more. Well, ok they would still be corrupt but much less corrupt than they are now.

Also if some countries don't want to join then really that's just their loss, and as for the Euro one of its main issues was it being a single currency being subjected to many different economies and policies this would prevent that as well if it was all one economy sharing the same economic policies.

 

But how much are you prepared to pay for that as a North Western Europe country? Last time I checked Swiss and Norway did better than any EU country on a ridicilous amount of area's economics, healthcare, education and quite arguable immigration. European countries all have their own culture, much more than American states (even though your states do differ). Our nations are pride of the fact thqt they are Dutch, France, German, they see themselves as citizens of a country not as just an European. In a way the strength of the EU comes in it's diversity. take that away and transform it in another US/ Which would make the continent weaker, we complete each other these days and for that each nation needs some of it's own laws.

In an ideal world it could work, but it would make a huge mess of Europe due to all the uncertainties it will bring with it if Europe decides to become a supercontinent. Which industrie will profit from that, which industrie will be torn appart by that, the stock courses would go down damning the superstate. After a while they will recover and become strong but at a huge cultural, economical and industrial cost. I prefer Europe as a whole lot of different countries working together on some aspects and do there own thing (specialize)on other aspects 

Why can't they still retain some of their own identity though? I'm thinking more of a federal structure with a similar basis to the UK. So the individual areas are still unique countries in many ways and manage a lot of their own affairs, they just aren't sovereign states anymore.

Many laws are specifically designed for certain countries to make sure it's industrie and economics are strong and sustainable. Let's say we take Germany they make cars lots of them and there are quirte a few laws and delegates laws from that point making sure they can do that the way they see fit. France and Italy also makes cars but does do that differently and they have anotherset of laws for that. Combining all of those laws to one and hand them out is unwanted since everything needs to change. I wouldn't want a superior state to look in everything my country does and make practically all rules. For that instance I like Euro's guidelines makes sure this happens in x years  and you're free to do it your own way. Each country has it ways of doing this and ever had those ways the SuperEU should only give guidelines with deadlines which you have to make. If you do not there will be concequences, this way you retain the uniqueness of eah nation. Yet the EU is perfectly capable for that, but they should lose the directly enforcing European law trough EU members throat even if that certain party doesn't want that law. Keep our nations sovereign it's part of our identity and making them unsovereign would be one hell of a job to do ayways.  



Please excuse my (probally) poor grammar