Quote Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars View Post
Which is a contradictory argument. You will shut them up, close their embassies, and deprive them of an equal share in the vote. .
Once again, you have confused equality of states with the equality of people within those states.

Quote Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars View Post
They will not be allowed even the minor foreign policy they hold now.
In that case, why shouldn't Cornwall become independent? Or Bavaria? Or Brittany? Or even Frisia, Lusatia, or the Faores?
I could go on. You couldn't say that the people in those regions are denied a voice on the world stage, just because they happen to be part of a bigger nation.

Quote Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars View Post
Therefore, joining the European Union under any system but the present one will strongly devalue their power.
Yes, of the governments of those states. Which is what I want, and what Europe needs.

[QUOTE=Evil_Maniac From Mars;2379852]For this reason the European Union will not work - it will either be undemocratic or will not achieve its goals./QUOTE]

Heh, people said the same thing about the USA.