But the EU now has a parliament, with elections, and a foreign minister, and a president and tax laws, and other attributes which form a very big nucleus for a superstate.
But so far that quasi-superstate has lacked a military of of its own. There is NATO, but that includes nations across the Atlantic like the USA and Canada. And there has been a Euro-military operation off the coast of Somalia.
But now that NATO is provoking Russia in Ukraine the President of the European Commission is using the opportunity to call for a European Army to defend Europe from Russia.
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker is advocating the creation of a Europe-wide army, Germany's Welt am Sonntag weekly reported Sunday.
"Such an army would help us to build a common foreign and security policy, as well as jointly assume the responsibilities of Europe in the world," Juncker said in an interview.
A European army, according to the EC president, could "react credibly" to dangers facing the 28-member bloc or its neighbors.
Juncker added that forming the European armed forces would signal to Russia the hitherto political and economic union is "serious about upholding the values of the European Union."
[source : Who is the Enemy? EC President Reportedly Wants to Form European Army, Sputnik, http://sputniknews.com/military/20150308/1019212095.html, 8th March 2015]
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