That's exactly it - the US started off as a relatively homogeneous set of people and ideologies, and there were many internal troubles over the last ~230 years.
There no way that the EU-economically will be able to become the EU-Nationally. But they will persist - no matter what the reality is. This is the same basic mentality that existed in europe in the 1930's but on a much bigger scale - not one country (Germany) but delegates from many countries trying to form one dominating nation.
Yes, it is ridiculous - but the (EU-political) lack of ability to understand this concerns me. Don't they learn from their previous mistakes?
