[Cronos]

He said “member states should have more sovereignty inside the union … we have to maintain a Europe of nation states that cooperate with each other, ideally creating a confederation”.

[C210N]

ideally creating a confederation”...

In other words, instead of the direct path to tyranny, take the USA route to tyranny.

Articles of Confederation, leading to a federal-state Constitution, leading to slow transfer of power from states to "federal", leading to a morhphing of the federal to national, the fading away over years of the states, to arrive at the same place. Like in America, formerly referred to as the "united states".

[RoosterRedux]

He said the EU should at the same time strive to become a “superpower”, with a European Council president who would command an EU “army”

Hey, dummkoph, the guy who controls your "superpower" army is going to control you.

[BobL]

This guy still makes more sense than anyone else out there.

But mark my words: In the end, the Warsaw Pact (i.e., Russia and Eastern Europe) will re-form - but this time it will be the Europeans begging to join Russia - there simply is nothing but demise going down in the West and they see that clear as day, with the migrant invasion just being the latest.