Romania's Boc pleads for 'United States of Europe'

Emil Boc, Romania's Prime Minister, is in favor of discussions among EU leaders and member states that could lead to the creation of a 'United States of Europe', according to his brief intervention at a debate organized by the Center of Euroopean Studies, the think tank of the European People's Party. This debate was organized early in December in Marseille,
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[TeriyakiSouped]

Good to see another European leader openly discussing this

[saltpeterjunky]

@TeriyakiSouped Amazed to see a YouTube comment not flaming this! :-O

I'm all for USE!

[okayplayer82]

Of course Romania would be in favour of this. Hell hole of a country. No to USE!!

[kmbalint]

very true!!!!! UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL! GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE!

[Jononutoob]

As an American, I feel I should insert some input here. We have tried this before. America unified its states because people of power said we must have it. So we got it and then came the empire and global manipulation. Europe's history has a few spots where men have tried to unify Europe. How did that turn out?

[Aruthiand]

@RomaniaTricolor Constitutions are not divine commandments. They can be changed if necessary.

[BugMagnet]

@bungleminge Insufficient structural clarity. The commission has over 60 side agencies and most of them are superficial.

Uneffectice administrative structure, besides being well oversized the administration and legal structure of hte EU is that of a free trade agreement combined with a heap of unnecessary subventions (disastrous agricultural and fishing policies) and not propper division of powers like any democracy needs to have.

It will take decades to take care of those problems

[888Valkyrie]

... And so democracy will die as another wave of unwanted, unelected governance attempts to take over Europe without the consent of its people.

1939 all over again .....

[bungleminge]

@BugMagnet What are these problems, and why the 20 year time-stamp?

[HaiLaMosulCuProverbe]

United in diversity...

United socialists...

United capitalists...

United with your sister...

United with your mom...

United States of United States...

United in united...

United in crimes...

United in purple,

The color of Rome...

[PrydainFawr]

We can start to talk about Europe becoming stronger on the world stage once the home front is sorted out. The European parliament, commission and all bodies of the EU don't connect with the people. You can't serve people who wishes you cannot hear.

We need the EU, we don't need the USE, even if we want it.