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[โ€“] Xenon 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Can we please stop this eternal debate about the EU becoming a state? I feel like it's besides the point and only evokes harmful reflexes on all sides. The question should be how to streamline and organize decision making. Who decides on which level about what. As Draghi points out correctly, certain stategic decisions should be made at an EU level. That would be more efficient, more impactful and help Europeans as a whole but it's not really about "turning the EU into a country". I get that "the sovereign nation state" has been the single one all-encompassing, all-powerful entity at the heart of political thinking since at least the 17th century but I just feel like it's no longer necessarily a helpful frame of reference for many developments in the 21st century.