>>The EU was hoping it could mimic the success of the USA by having its countries pretend to be States and the EU be the Federal Government.<<
Uh oh. When will they have their civil war?
FWIW, once I realized how it worked in the US before the civil war, it hit me that this is pretty much exactly where they are going in the EU. It is the US back when governors were more powerful than the president.
>>Uh oh. When will they have their civil war?
FWIW, once I realized how it worked in the US before the civil war, it hit me that this is pretty much exactly where they are going in the EU. It is the US back when governors were more powerful than the president.<<
Again, the analogy doesn’t hold. They don’t have anything from which to secede. EU participation is more like a treaty — if a country just walks away it is a contract issue. The USA, pre-Civil War was always a Union. Again, that was clarified in Texas V. White: The USA is an indivisible country made up of indivisible States. When States joined the Union, it was forever (that was the deal — it is a different thread on right of secession, State’s Rights and the like).
The USA is no analogy for the EU participation model.
Ain't gonna happen. That's as silly as suggesting that Germany might invade Fr
Oh.
Never mind.