Which attempts have been similar to the EU, and not just conquests? The closest I can think of is maybe the Habsburg dynasty, and I think we can agree that that had its own unique issues going on
If it ends up with a president then it’s fucked. Single point of failure. A honeycomb structure of separate cells is much stronger and harder to take over, unlike a blob
The commission doesn’t need direct elections, but at least it should be elected by the EP and not around three corners (citizens -> national parliaments -> national governments -> commission), each of which including bribery and lobbying.
European Union is a much better name. So lets continue with the integration.
A few things to start:
There are more and the road is long, but it is the right direction.
Doubt. Every attempt in history to centralise power in Europe has failed
Which attempts have been similar to the EU, and not just conquests? The closest I can think of is maybe the Habsburg dynasty, and I think we can agree that that had its own unique issues going on
Napoleon is the closest. A lot of the legal, judicial, and administrative civil code remains today.
In what fucking world was Napoleon’s attempt not a series of conquests?
European history all is just conquests
…so there has not been an attempt like the EU
There has. The European Communities and the EEC. Neither were attempts to create a federation like US, China or Russia…
Mate the EEC was one of the European Communities, and it ended because it became part of the EU. That’s not a separate attempt. That’s the same one.
A federation can have different levels of centralisation.
If it ends up with a president then it’s fucked. Single point of failure. A honeycomb structure of separate cells is much stronger and harder to take over, unlike a blob
The commission doesn’t need direct elections, but at least it should be elected by the EP and not around three corners (citizens -> national parliaments -> national governments -> commission), each of which including bribery and lobbying.