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It’s time for a United States of Europe - The Boston Globe

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The year is 2045. President Emmanuel Macron is about to give his farewell address at Sorbonne University, in the heart of Paris. Historians agree that he is likely to rank among the most consequential leaders in European history.
First elected as president of France in 2017 at just 39 years old, Macron sparked great hopes for domestic reform and as a strong advocate for a unified Europe. But his zeal for reform was tempered by the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. By 2027, when he stepped down, Macron was widely viewed as a competent but polarizing president who had fallen short of greatness.
Cringe.
I didn't keep reading after that.
- Guess Macron can sleep sound knowing if he would start an onlyfans at least he can count on this guy.
"it would bind countries into a truly unified system of government like what exists in the United States."
Yeah, we don't want that. A European military doesn't require a European federation.
I've always thought the same thing and yet looking at the state of the big federations right now, Russia and the USA today, it is worth considering if deeper integration has its own potential pitfalls.
- Well, need to have good mechanisms to keep it democratic (where Russia and the US fall short). But yeah, not as easy as "just do it, lol" 😅
- Everything has benefits and drawbacks, question is if the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. I think it does personally, because a strong EU can stand up to the US and China.
Maybe it's time for an American Union instead?
No.
You can do better than the US. First thing, just don't wrongfully take what can' be claimed. Easy. The rest just follows through...
If you wanna sell people on this idea, then phrasing it in a way that suggests it would make Europe more like America is pretty much the worst way to go about it.
I call fake, reason 1 being that Switzerland joined and reason 2 that Canada didn't.
Edit: Happy to see putin learned he couldn't beat us

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