Quote Originally Posted by Philippus Flavius Homovallumus View Post
OK - fair point - but let me ask you this:

When, during Federalisation, will Germany dissolve itself? Within the framework of a Federal Europe the German Federal Government is clearly obsolete - as is the Spanish one for that matter, the British Government likewise.

If you're really serious about Federalisation then you really have to think about what it means, how it will work, and how (and when) you will convince people to give up their national identity. On the other hand, countries like France, Poland and Italy are essentially unitary states and you would need to form new "regions" to dissolve their top-level government.

You'll also have to decide the final home of the EU Parliament, and form an Upper Chamber for it.

I don't see much of this happening in our lifetimes.
You shouldn't entirely dissolve the national governments, you just change their function.
The 16 German states have their own governments as well, which serve certain functions. Even more centralized countries like France have départements or other forms of more regional administration. You can't just do everything centralized.
The federalization would probably happen in several steps, where the EU would take on more functions over time. And the EU government would have to change in some ways itself, with a president/prime minister/chancellor as the head of state and so on.
One of the biggest problems I see are language barriers, like what if a third of the people can't understand the speeches of their own president anymore. Translation is not as good as hearing it in your mother tongue. As younger generations all learn English, this problem could be solved over time though (funny enough, without England itself being part of it...).