The EU is at a turning point. A single currency without a single fiscal policy looks to be unworkable. The EU has either to take on more of the characteristics of a single country or retreat from the current level of integration.
Yugoslavia was a previous experiment to have no borders between 6/7 small countries in Europe.
The Soviet Union was another, also Czechoslovakia.
The USA fought a very nasty civil war despite being a country with very little historical baggage by European standards.
I'm far from certain that a US of Europe is the way forward for the EU
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The EU is at a turning point. A single currency without a single fiscal policy looks to be unworkable. The EU has either to take on more of the characteristics of a single country or retreat from the current level of integration.
Yugoslavia was a previous experiment to have no borders between 6/7 small countries in Europe. The Soviet Union was another, also Czechoslovakia.
The USA fought a very nasty civil war despite being a country with very little historical baggage by European standards.
I'm far from certain that a US of Europe is the way forward for the EU