Originally Posted by
Ouistreham
This would never work.
You are producing typical Italian ideology.
For some reason, Italians are often dissatisfied with their State and many believe that turning the country into a loose federation of regions would solve the most blatant problems (the development gap between North and South, the ineptness of Roman democracy etc.).
And they are darn wrong.
Remember the Lega Nord: in the beginning they wanted the richest Northern provinces to go independant, and after a couple of years this party became a (mildly) nationalist, openly unitarian movement!
Why? Because it was the only way to go.
Do you seriously think that every region and sub-region making its peculiar dialect mandatory in schools and administration would improve local governance in any way? The only predictable outcome would be that everywhere in Europe we would have to use American Globish as a lingua franca!
Making Europe a cluster of autonomous districts would end up creating a lot of small Andorras, Singapores, Luxembourgs, Jerseys and tons of other rotten tax heavens.
BTW, while in Barcelona they argue about their Catalan or Spanish identity, the town is becoming an immigrant shithole and tourist have to speak American English to make sure they don't offend anyone! Same in Brussels: are they French, are they Dutch/Flemish? No, the town is becoming an English speaking carcinom made of Moroccans and Turks...
Fuck Luxembourg, fuck San Marino and Monaco!
What we need in Europe is a robust spinal cord. Only powerful States can provide it.
An European federation? Alright. But there can't be any federation without a federating State (like was Prussia in Germany or Piedmont-Sardinia in Italy).
Which nation could endorse this federating role? Germany is the most populous and richest nation — unfortunately they have given up any ambition of making their country great again. They feel comfortable that way. U.S. military occupation offers a convenient excuse to save money in defense.
France or UK? They have accepted their fate as second tier powers (albeit with some expertise in military and nuclear technologies), they aren't going to play a federating role anytime soon.
Russia? Russia will be and is an essential partner as far as raw materials are concerned, but with an economy lower than Germany's though being double in population, they are by and large too weak. But at the end of the day they have to become part of Europe — since, after all, they already are, whatever Mr Brzezinsky and Mr Biden may say.