Quote Originally Posted by Subotan View Post
Once again, you have confused equality of states with the equality of people within those states.
In a democracy these should be one and the same. If you devalue the power of those states you devalue the power of the people they represent.

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.
It isn't the same argument, and I can refer you to the website that was linked to by Furunculus which will explain why.


Yes, of the governments of those states. Which is what I want, and what Europe needs.
The governments which represent the people should have reduced power? While it may be what you want, I want the government representing me to have as much power as possible. Progressive erosion of proper representation isn't what Europe needs or what her people need, it is what elements of the political class in Europe desire.

Heh, people said the same thing about the USA.
Perhaps, but by now they should have realized that the USA and the European Union are two entirely different entities in almost every respect. For a start, the USA is a national entity, the European Union is supranational.