[extropy-chat] EU constitution collapses

[scerir at libero.it]

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/12/13/eu.summit/index.html
http://news.ft.com/home/europe

It seems to me obvious that you cannot
build a federation of (6, then 15, then 25) 
very different states, having very different
histories (and reciprocal wars), populations, 
religions, etc., starting  from the economy 
and markets, Political issues come first . 
The EU founding fathers knew that very well. 
s.