What Would A 'United States Of Europe' Look Like?

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▶ In this video I talk about the hypothetical scenario of the European Union transforming into a Federal State.

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[General.Knowledge]

*Would you want a United States of Europe to happen?*

[Khastrx]

I mean even if it was called United States of Europe, it may just adapt Europe or EU as the most common name anyway. Look at Mexico, officially it's called the United Mexican States, but it's really just referred to by it's most common name.

[Alberto_]

If you google the meaning of the European flag, you will get this: The European flag symbolizes both the European Union and the unity and identity of Europe in general. The European flag is made up of a circle of 12 gold stars on a blue background. The stars represent the ideals of unity, solidarity and harmony among the peoples of Europe. In my opinion we must leave it like this. 🇪🇺

[Arthur-qvnp]

6:15 As a European and as French citizen, the current events do not make me go against the creation of a European army at all.
Like many in France, I agree to be aligned with the US through NATO, but I do not want to depend on US protection

[DutchPlanDerLinde]

Cutting Poland into three pieces on the thumbnail was a wicked move mate

[veryblocky]

I disagree regarding the flag, having a star for each member state looks too cluttered. I think the current flag suits the EU well, you don’t literally need an icon for each state on the flag.

[autarchprinceps]

I like the European flag. It's nice looking, simple enough, and yet unique enough and very recognisable. There doesn't need to be a lot of deep meaning behind it. Tradition & style is enough.

[ModCaseDesigner]

A small correction here. The United States did not begin as a federation. It first organized as a confederation. The problems that occurred within the confederation are similar in some ways to the current EU. Analyzing the US issues under confederation and the transition to a federation as compared to the current situation in the EU would be an interesting video all on its own. Refer to the "Articles of Confederation"

[Lukiul]

I‘d say keep the flag, keep the name but turn it into a single federal country.

[aaronmarks]

If the EU moves towards a more federal or even unitary system, it will be absolutely crucial to maintain cultural and linguistic sovereignty. Trying to stamp down cultural secession movements by basically gerrymandering the regions in question is a recipe for disaster.

[pennywaldrip]

I would hope the EU could look at the history of the US and see both what's working and what's NOT working, and come up with a better alternative to what it is now vs more like the US. Some things in the US definitely are not working...

[mateo_sid]

i'm from the newest EU member and i don't want to see the flag change, it represents me enough, don't need a special little star to know i'm part of it.

also, even if EU moves toward federalisation, i'd be totally fine for it to keep its current name, it has a nice ring (and meaning) to it, european union/unity

[miguelmartins]

Very nice work dude. I think I'm gonna use some of your sources for my master's thesis

[billdexhart]

Not having a military doesn’t guarantee that they won’t declare independence. Look at Yugoslavia. They had a shared military. Didn’t stop them breaking up.

[h-e-acc]

While the United States has a national military, each State still retains their own armed forces. I know it’s probably an oxymoron, but the National Guard are supposed to be each State’s armed force. They kind of evolved from being each of the colonies (later on States) militia forces and even predated the founding of the United States but overtime were integrated into the overall structure of the US armed forces. So, yes, each State in the United States has their own militaries that the governors of each state can mobilize upon orders. The governors of each state have authority over their State National Guards and can issue orders and instructions to them. For instance, if the governor of california issues orders to invade texas, that’s quite possible to do. border disputes can occur between States, but they’re always settled in court and rarely force of arms. A perfect example of the independence of the militaries of each State and how each state’s armed forces could violently engage each other was exemplified during the US civil war (also known as the War Between the States) when the Union and Confederate forces mobilized their own State national guards/militias to fight, one side to carry out separation from the union and bring the confederacy to the seceding States, and one side to neutralize the confederacy and preserve the union. And there’s also an Air National Guard to serve as each State’s Air Force. But while there are no Navy National Guard, States under federal law are authorized to have a Navy Militia.

[ntrslmgb]

I really think this is the best way for Europe to stay internationally relevant in coming decades. Europe has so much influence globally but does not use it the way it could. If we all bond together, Europe will climb back to old glory.

[BaiZhijie]

During the American Revolution the officers of the Continental Army would drink toasts declaring that they were "the hoops of the barrel", and aside from the Continental Congress itself, the army was the first common institution that the 13 states created in their struggle with Great Britain, with George Washington as its first commissioned officer. It was also the first institution where its members began to think of themselves as "Americans" as opposed to members of their respective colony. Its a good historical examples of your point about armies being essential to creating real states.

[matthewnewman]

All these extraordinary ideas are why i love watching general knowledge.

[prashanthraj]

So Basically, It will look like India. A federal country with strong and Indipendent Military and Central Government. And Majority of States like in India are formed on the basis of languages and Cultures of different people.

[IQEGO]

Well, I dont think Euro would have to be mandatory, because you technically can use Euro everywhere. Not only because of credit/debit cards, which automatically changes the currency according to your bank's exchange rate (you dont even need multicurrency bank account), but also because almost everywhere they accept Euro and just give you back the leftover in local currency. Our (europe nation's) economics are not unified enough to have single currency, you can see it now, when Spain and Greece has exactly opposite demands on ECB then Germany and France.