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Martin Dvorak of the Czech Republic has stated that this would enable the area to become a comparable player on the world stage.
According to Czech Minister for European Affairs Martin Dvorak, the EU is not nearly as powerful as its size and economic might would indicate. He made this statement in an interview with EURACTIV.cz on Tuesday.
The minister suggested that the European Union be transformed into a European Federation or the United States of Europe, acknowledging that this is not at all a popular idea. He claimed that this would put the EU in a position where it could be “a truly equal partner in the game between China, America, or Russia and India.
The United States of Europe, the European State, and Federal Europe are other names for a fictitious European federation. Currently, the EU is regarded as a loose confederation or union of independent states that functions as a cross between intergovernmentalism and supranationalism.
By becoming federalized, the bloc would resemble the US and have a single, centralized government that would have the final say over the member states.
I believe that the Euro-optimistic or Euro-positive wing is missing from the discourse in our country, and I want to add that to the discussion, Dvorak said.
The minister discussed his views on EU changes, including the elimination of EU national vetoes in specific policy areas, in his interview with EURACTIV.
This would absolutely be a choice for me if I considered myself to be a federalist, but I am also well aware that the political climate is not now favorable for that. At this point, I’m not even sure whether it will ever be stated.
In the meantime, a survey released last week by the Centre for Public Opinion Research (CVVM) revealed that Czechs’ confidence in the EU, NATO, and UN has significantly decreased over the past year. The survey’s authors have argued that the ongoing economic and migration crises may be to blame for the decline.
Dvorak has been an outspoken supporter of the EU and has criticized Euroskepticism in his native country, even if the current Czech administration has been reluctant to further integrate the country with the EU, which it formally joined back in 2004.
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