>Local ruling body being what exactly? The governments of Germany, Spain, Norway, etc.? I am still trying to get my head around the concept of something like "Europe has declared war on Iran."
The United States used to be 13 separate states (countries). Now it counts as a single country. What's so weird about Europe eventually going the same route - several countries uniting into a single Federation?
Update: Or, for that matter, and looking a little more into the future, all the countries of the World.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
