Im a wierd, right-wing American but.......
On one hand, it's important to unify Europeans, as their differences have been so vast, it's caused many, many inter-country issues over the past...........Well......Forever.
So intergration is very good in some ways, as it puts bad differences aside.
However, at the same time, I'd hate to see the various wonderful European countries loose their autonomy for an American-style system. The United States of America works because we are 1 country, made up of 1 people, not 14-16 countries made up of many languages, and such. It works for us very great, but we've forced so much intergration, after 250 years, everyone thinks "oh wow, this happened overnight".
But everyone forgets the price America has paid to reach it's union - millions of people slaughtered in the Indian Wars. Knife fights in congress, wars between states (Ohio and Michigan went to war over Toledo...nearly got alot of milita killed). But in the end, we've become great for the price oh-so many paid.
IMO, I'm really against a full American-style union in Europe. There's just too much good differences between the nations - you can't let a bureaucratic Frenchman dictate English law, and vice versa....They are 2 totally different cultures. Americans speak 1 language, and our culture is so diverse, but still American culture, even if it's redneck, black ebonics, or stuck-up white people.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
