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Czech EU minister: making Europe a Federation will make it an equal global player (www.euractiv.com)
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"The EU’s role in the world is gradually growing, but it is not nearly as strong as its population and economic power would suggest,” the Czech minister said.

“I know that it is not at all popular. I think that a European Federation or a United States of Europe would only put Europe in a position where we would be a truly equal partner in the game between China, America, or Russia and India,” he added.

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[-] bossito@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Exactly. People hear "federation" and immediately think USA, that's a model that no one defends for Europe. In fact we're not so far from being a federation already, the EU could easily call itself a confederation at least. Also nobody wants a revolution, so our future model must be based in our current one, which needs reforms.

Andrew Duff makes a series of sensible proposals on this book that is of free access as an ebook. An interesting read.

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