Wouldn’t the splintering of the nations into these smaller units actually benefit the EU? I mean wouldn’t this type of break-up tend to favor the bureaucratic institution that is the EU? The larger nations have a state sovereignty that goes back for generations, economic stability because of size, and established governments that tend to quarrel with the EU. How will some place like Kosovo or a free Basque survive wihout the unity of Europe promised by the EU?
Why the US would want a stronger EU is a question to me. How is it good for us? Yet those large traditional countries in broken and needy national bits, especially in an economic sense, that can build a strong EU, and for the bureaucrats running that thing, this is a development devoutly to be wished for.
