A fully integrated European Union could be seen to have two possible outcomes, either a Federalist or "stewed" union, where all member-States give up their individual sovereignty and form a superstate that would be an economic world power, or a confederalist or "salad bar" union, where each member state has its own place in a continental alliance, maintaining national sovereignty and individually contributing, through trade and cooperation, to form a greater whole (Political Science 12, 10/2002). ... Although originally the EU has meant to facilitate travel, strengthen economy of the smalle...
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