The Europeans went farther down the road to globalism by joining the EU and giving up their individual currencies for the Euro.
Or: It could be argued that the EU was intended to be a Mark 2 USA - a United States of Europe, if you like. The US had its Federal government from Day 1 while Europe took a long time to catch up.
They ironed out some issues like not needing to have the high officials elected by the people. The US has had a common currency for some time and the US has a version of the Schengen agreement that allows people to freely move between states and trade barriers are minimal.
The US has one foreign policy and one Military and Brussels is trying to make that happen in the EU as well.
Or: It could be argued that the EU was intended to be a Mark 2 USA - a United States of Europe, if you like. The US had its Federal government from Day 1 while Europe took a long time to catch up.
They ironed out some issues like not needing to have the high officials elected by the people. The US has had a common currency for some time and the US has a version of the Schengen agreement that allows people to freely move between states and trade barriers are minimal.
The US has one foreign policy and one Military and Brussels is trying to make that happen in the EU as well.