19 Jul 16 07:59, Robert Bashe wrote to Gerrit Kuehn:
GK>> I have no issues with a political union, fine by me. I have no GK>> problems defining myself as "European".
RB> "European" is a geographical term, not a political one.
Maybe for you. For others it depends on context. Remember "Old Europe"...
RB> And if you even once consider a United States where every state has a RB> different language, culture and history - a thing of impossibility - RB> you might realiza that a European _political_ union is not something RB> that can be pulled out of a hat.
That's why it takes us some time to get there. But the progress is plain to see.
RB> Economic agreements are one thing, and certainly possible among RB> differing states. A political union, necessarily enforced by a RB> superior authority - see Washinbgtin, D.C. - is quite another.
Even for the USA the members state have a vastly different history, different cultures, and different languages (they do not even have a single official language today!).
Regards, Gerrit
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