Is a United States of Europe possible?
Keywords:
United States of Europe, European Federalism, European Treaty Reforms, Europarties, People and Peoples of EuropeAbstract
The federalist desire for a United States of Europe is impossible today because it is not widely shared by national political elites and public opinion. However, progressive European integration has its own dynamics, driven mainly by economic factors. For the time being, this ongoing process is not resulting in a federation because of the political differences between the member states: the confrontation between pro-Europeans and Eurosceptics has become a structural characteristic of the European Union, although the level of integration achieved would now be difficult to reverse.
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