Will the European Union go the way of the Articles of Confederation?

I think it will.


This debt crisis is a big, big moment for Europeans.





Do they want to go back to the pre-EU system of the early 1990s, where they reimposed border controls and fragmented integration? Do they ditch the Euro?





Or will they become a Federal nation? A United States of Europe?|||United States of Europe will never happen. Far too much diversity, too many different languages, cultures etc. We'd never be able to raise cohesive armed forces or agree on anything.





What I'd like to see happen is a return to the European Economic Community. Economic integration between European nations is a good thing, a political union and the Schengen Area have not worked too well at all.|||Unlikely.


The American Experience of its early nationhood is apples %26amp; oranges to the European Experience.


There's none of that shared "we're all Americans" identity there.


They don't have that "we're all Europeans" sentiment and despite EU membership remain very much aware of their national, historical and cultural differences.|||It's possible but I don't know if the EU system will just go away or become part of a larger Federal EU nation. If I had to guess I would say that the countries that make up the EU will hang on to their sovereignty and lose the shared currency but keep the open borders.|||if i had to guess, the EU will continue to exist.


however, the Euro will not.


it's clearly possible to not pay taxes on goods traded between countries, but still not have a common currency.


i think it doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing choice.


however, they will have to make countries responsible for their actions.|||The E U were always like high school girls who pretended to like each other but really do not their common bond was their envy of the most popular girl in school .They watch her every more to find fault she ignores them as she should which drives them up a wall

If Americans would take a interest in their history during and before WW 2 we would be in shock they had mutual defense treaties all over the place and really honored none of them|||I think that the EU will dissolve rather than become a single nation, and that countries will ditch the Euro and revert back to their own national currencies.|||There is no way they would ever be united under one federal nation. frankly i think that if the Euro collapses they will go back to the old system, but it wouldn't be long before they tried again.|||There is no way France and Germany want to get stuck with all the Eurotards bills. The whole idea of an EU is about to collapse.