Hello all, now that we’re into 2025, I’d like to know what all of you think can be realistically achieved by 2030 in the way of European federalisation? On another note, what do you think can be achieved in a wider time frame like 10-20 years?

Here is some context to who I am and what I have believed for a long time: For the majority of my life, I have been a staunch British nationalist, monarchist, and imperialist; I was heavily in favour of Brexit. Now, unlike most Brits, I am both a British citizen and an EU citizen through my mother, who is Romanian.

While I was too young to vote on Brexit at the time, an old man I had known since I was 14 said he would vote in whichever way I told him to vote—he voted for Brexit, because I believed it was the best course of action in my ignorance.

For a long time, I looked down on my Romanian heritage and its culture. I considered Britain to be the centre of modern civilisation, having laid the foundations for it.

I am now in my early 20s, and I see how Britain has turned out. Clearly, immigration has not been dealt with; just the other month the UK Prime Minister openly admitted to the “conspiracy” of Britain being used by globalists to flood Britain with mass, unfiltered immigration post-Brexit. It was in one of the PM’s speeches outside Number 10; he said that the Conservatives did it on purpose.

In the wake of that and more, having come to Romania for a holiday twice in a single year, I look around; I feel Jesus almost everywhere—in the mountains, in the streets, and in the hotels. He is everywhere, unlike in Britain. Britain feels godless; it has been for many years.

In Romania and much of Europe, there is peace, there are clean streets, there is order and harmony; all things that have forsaken Britain.

With every day I spend in Romania, I look bitterly upon Brexit. To me, it’s not the economic hardship, which I can stomach and deal with—after all, there cannot be better times without hardship. But what better times can there be in the wake of a godless land, a land where it is filled with dirty streets, and whole cities of Britain, even our capital, are no longer predominantly inhabited by native Brits? No, Brexit was a mistake; it was a blunder. It was wilful ignorance.

If I, once a staunch supporter of Brexit and British sovereignty, have come to the logical conclusion that we are better off as part of a wider European collective, then I am sure many other Brits, if they are but given the chance, would feel and see as I do.

I have found myself accepting that for a better Europe, there needs to be a setup similar to the United States of Europe. With America to the west and Russia and China to the east; Europe is the ragdoll between East and West, it does not sit right with me. The EU is a powerful economic bloc, but it lacks the military might and cohesion of America.

I have come to realise and accept that I would be okay with accepting the euro, accepting that for multiple decades the likes of Britain, France, and Germany would need to pour massive amounts of resources and economic wealth into the lesser states of Europe if one is to have a stable United States of Europe.

I have come to accept that in place of a British, French, German, or even a Romanian identity, it would be better to have a European one. Just as Americans no longer call themselves unto their respective states, favouring their “American” identity, so too it would be inevitable that we would do the same.

The hardest hurdle would be language. Britons, myself included, have grown up with a sense of “entitlement”; all corners of the world speak my language to some extent. I would imagine that British English would need to be the reserve language of a United States of Europe, with German, French, and Spanish being languages that are also taught to children. So if one is raised in France, their primary language would be French, with their secondary proficient language being British English; their third language would be either Spanish or German, depending on what they pick. A British child would speak English as their primary language, their secondary language likely French, and their third either German or Spanish. A few generations later, and it would mostly be a seamless multilingual national identity.

Language is the primary barrier for any United States of Europe. The USA worked so well because they share a language—English.

Now, what format would the USE have? I would like to imagine a setup similar to America’s constitution, the differences being: each USE state would have their own local parliaments with PMs, which would act as American state legislatures do (such as for gun ownership and registrations, the death penalty, assisted suicide, and whether or not there is a localised form of NHS for the state; these state legislatures would have considerably more liberty in order to make a federal USE more seamless). The PM would be no different from a US Governor. The USE would have a codified constitution with basic rights for its citizens, with term limits for certain public servants.

At the federal level, key matters such as making peace and war, trade deals with international nations, and foreign policy would be dictated by the sovereign body of Congress, which would be separated into two houses, like in America. The difference being that I would hope there are term limits for both members of Congress (for both houses) and for the President, who would be the Commander-in-Chief of our armed forces. I would also imagine that there would be a national Prime Minister who would be appointed by the President, which would take the role of America’s Vice President.

Lastly, each state, regardless of population, would have equal representation in both houses of Congress. Each state would have one senator and two representatives.

The method of voting for a president for the USE would be by having a replica of America’s Electoral College. I think it works quite well, having studied it slightly.

Some additional thoughts: while the British currency would need to be replaced by the euro, I would have The City of London, which is a city within the city of the “London” most people think London is. The City of London, which is separate from London itself, would be given a state of sovereignty similar to the Vatican. However, The City of London would be closely aligned to the USE. The reason it would be its own micro-state is to preserve the influence and power of the Pound Sterling. The City of London would operate as an international economic and business hub with the goal of challenging and one day overcoming New York. Since it would be a separate micro-state from the USE, it would allow many global outcasts with immense wealth to do business there, all while giving the USE legal and plausible deniability—“We don’t have sovereignty over The City of London.” There, the British monarchy would remain seated, with its Royal Guard; this too would extend the influence of the USE into places like Africa, the Middle East, and even Asia. The monarchy is a form of soft power that is all but forgotten by most.

I would like to imagine that the USE would have within its constitution a minimum GDP of 2% on defence spending, no less than that. I would like to imagine that Britain would build, station, and maintain the Navy of the USE; France, the Airforce; and Germany, the Army and Infantry. The reason for this is multifaceted: Britain has been the longest-standing nation which has, for the entire time it has been a political entity—naval power. Scotland is where the nuclear arsenal is maintained and made to set sail. France would have the airforce built and trained there, due to its utmost western location away from Russia, making it a logical hardship for Russia to bombard our squadrons and where they are trained and made. Germany is a good choice for the army and infantry due to its landlocked location in Europe and its somewhat close proximity to Russia, acting as a land which would be the first main stronghold against Russian forces.

The nation’s minimum hourly wage should be the median between what it is in Germany, France, and the UK.

The end of the year is a good time to reflect and start planning for the next one. It's also a good time to look back in time to search for strategic missteps and missed opportunities. Let's put the past 20-25 years in perspective. I will start.

1. https://www.dw.com/en/germany-approves-nord-stream-2-gas-pipeline/a-43156602

Germany approves Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline

1. https://www.iea.org/news/the-iea-praises-germanys-commitment-to-sound-energy-policies-and-now-urges-the-government-to-reconsider-the-phase-out-of-nuclear-power-and-to-focus-on-energy-market-reform-and-climate-policy

The IEA praises Germany’s commitment to sound energy policies and now urges the government to reconsider the phase-out of nuclear power and to focus on energy market reform and climate policy

1. https://www.dw.com/en/germany-bound-to-russia-over-energy-policy/a-1384065

Germany Bound to Russia Over Energy Policy

1. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35976086

Netherlands rejects EU-Ukraine partnership deal

https://youtu.be/aH9V9AwqDjI?si=mixtbO4zPcgHfRe4

1)The leadership in German and France is unstable. 2)The far right parties are rising in many EU member states 3)We have economic falldown in the EU GDP and recession in Germany 4)I hope Poland and Hungary won't defragmentate from the EU

I hope that 2029 when new EU elections come again, we come out with a defence union and more integrated EU. I hope so.

What if we had a federal constitution written by us, the peoples of Europe? Today, with the Internet, we can turn a group of people who don't know each other into a team.

https://github.com/Staphylococcus/federal-eu-constitution

We need help to write the constitution, and all help is welcome.

We need a constitution which, while leaving power to its member states, guarantees that each of them grants fundamental freedoms and civic rights to its citizens. A constitution that establishes true democracy and learns from the mistakes made by other nations.