The famous Winston Churchill called for the creation of a United States of Europe. That vision is alive and well. Recently, Viviane Reding, vice-president of the European Commission said that the 18 eurozone countries should form a full fiscal and political union. She told Cambridge University’s law faculty that in order to avoid tension across Europe “bold reforms” were needed to stabilize the single currency.
“There is a strong case for a true fiscal and ultimately political union,” Reding said. “In my personal view, the eurozone should become the United States of Europe.”
While some criticized the lecture, others welcomed the European commission leaders remarks. The European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso called for major treaty change in 2012 to achieve “a federation of nation states.”
“For the eurozone members, the ultimate goal is to ensure the stability of the euro [1]…” added Reding. She also said that tensions will grow between eurozone and non-eurozone nations over access to common markets as integration of the eurozone advances further.
While there is not a strong support for a United States of Europe across the EU, Reding’s remarks reveal the long-range goals of the key European institutions.
The structure of the United States of Europe would be to strengthen the federal government and weaken the individual nation states.
Churchill spoke of the real goal of the European Union as spiritual. He said “The first step in the re-creation of the European family must be a partnership between France and Germany. In this way only can France recover the moral leadership of Europe. There can be no revival of Europe without a spiritually great France and a spiritually great Germany.” That spirituality would be Roman Catholic.
Europe must unite if ever Rome is going to be able to resurrect her power over its people.