EU countries should unite and form a single state

1. West Germany and East Germany are a prime example, while both shared a similar cultural and language (Germanic), both countries was very different. You had West Germany which you can look at very similar to the United States and western countries.. and then you had East Germany with their own culture that of USSR/Eastern countries. You can step into Berlin and go to West-East and see the the cultures that separated the German people. Now why I am using Germany..because if you try and look at a country like.. North and South Korea, they are too divided, they both are locked in their beliefs. They both been over 50 years still fighting the Korean War. So Germany is a great example, because it showed that two cultures can mix together. Yugoslavia is a PERFECT example, where you have so many cultures and such mix together with awesome success. While Yugoslavia ended, the only main reason it ended is because Serbia caused a massive turmoil in the country. 2. Remember that according to you the countries would be 'annexed' under one government, the countries that needed a loan or a bail wouldn't need it, you're just paying yourself and that wouldn't make much sense. Example, lets say I was.. Russia and Finland (for some reason) wanted to join me in a union, because they suffered a serious economic problem. They are in debt really bad and so I annexed Finland.. all of that money, isn't paid, but their treasury doesn't exist anymore. Their banks are now the Russian Federal Banks (I don't know what the banks are in Russia, but I am close enough). So, Russia's money is now theirs and so the bail isn't needed as their banks are wipe clean. Another example is Ethiopia, they was annexed by Italian and suffered a serious debt, when they got out, they don't use the Italian banks, so all that debt goes away.. but you don't owe money to the banks anymore. 3. They was often at wars with each others in the times.. most countries was, remember back in the periods that Europe was a raging war zone with the Hundreds Year War and the 30 Years War. 4. About Switzerland: "Relations between Switzerland and the European Union (EU) are framed by a series of bilateral treaties whereby Switzerland adopts EU law in order to participate in the EU's single market. It has this limited economic integration as Switzerland sees joining the EU or EEA (see below) as infringing upon its tradition of direct democracy." While Switzerland is not EU, it is still signing treaties and following EU laws. 5. According to you the Irish was treated fairly well.. I hate to break some sad news here, but they wasn't the Irish Famine and the Good Friday was some of major events in Irish history. Since, I know you really don't want to look this stuff up here you go. "In Ireland under British rule, the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845 and 1852.[1] It is also known, mostly outside of Ireland, as the Irish Potato Famine.[2] In the Irish language it is called an Gorta Mï¿½r (IPA: [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠtˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ], meaning "the Great Hunger")[fn 1] or an Drochshaol ([ənˠ ˈdˠɾɔxˌhiːlˠ], meaning "the bad times"). During the Famine, Ireland's population fell by between 20 and 25 percent.[3] Approximately one million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland.[4] The proximate cause of famine was a potato disease commonly known as potato blight.[5] Although blight ravaged potato crops throughout Europe during the 1840s, the impact and human cost in Ireland—where a third of the population was entirely dependent on the potato for food—was exacerbated by a host of political, social and economic factors which remain the subject of historical debate.[6][7] The famine was a watershed in the history of Ireland.[8] Its effects permanently changed the island's demographic, political and cultural landscape. For both the native Irish and those in the resulting diaspora, the famine entered folk memory[fn 2] and became a rallying point for various nationalist movements. Modern historians regard it as a dividing line in the Irish historical narrative, referring to the preceding period of Irish history as "pre-Famine." See, even in that line that even in Irish history showed nationalism, which proved my point that nationalism only really started at a nasty events like famine, civil wars, etc. United Kingdom (Or simply England), are getting a lot of backlash because of what they did during the Famine, I would highly recommends you looking up on the Irish Famine. 6. Actually it wouldn't according to many sources (I won't list them.) the highest tax rate for a country is around: 30% Most countries have a tax rate of: 10-30% which isn't a lot of money. Taxes don't really change, you don't raise it unless you needed the money badly, since you're adding all of the banks together and keeping their money when they have it, the bank of the EU superstate will increase. Remember that I said that the expenses will not be added, because you're not keeping their banks anymore. You're making a new bank as you're not the former country anymore. 7. Like I said, you can make local laws to provide the former countries to keep their own laws. Even though they are not 'states' they can have a regional law. Perfect example is Hong Kong, they are under China's rule, but they have their own special laws that give them more rights and such than other areas. Now my conclusion. Legally: See 7. Economically: See 7. Politically: Europe have a right democratic government, so I am sure that the superstate will do will with people united under freedom and the rights of mankind. Allowing the EU to be created into the superstate does: Help reduce the need of bailing out, long term peace, the lack of need for NATO, the lack of need for EU. The lack of need for borders, the lack of need to help weaker nations. To unite the people, to unite them to make them stronger. All large states have problems, but in the long run they did provide cultural and understanding with the people in most cases. Vote Pro! Thanks, it was fun.