>I am not saying the countries of Europe, or at least the ones that have joined the EU, might not become such a federation. I just didn't know it had possibly already happened. And I'm still a bit skeptical about that despite Jean's statements (from the EU administrative capital).
No, I don't think it has already happened. But the European Union is progressing towards a greater unification.
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)