Lawmakers in the EU say they are planning on creating a nuclear European Superstate in the wake of Brexit and Donald Trump’s election victory. Leaders of the lower chambers of parliament of Germany, Italy, France, and Luxembourg published a letter demanding a “Federal Union” be implemented immediately. In the letter, published by Italian newspaper La Stampa on Sunday, EU leaders say that closer cooperation is essential for dealing with problems such as terrorism, immigration, and climate change – problems that they say no one single EU state can handle on their own. “Now is the moment to move towards closer political integration — the Federal Union of States with broad powers. We know that the prospect stirs up strong resistance, but the inaction of some cannot be the paralysis of all. Those who believe in European ideals, should be able to give them a new life instead of helplessly observing its slow sunset,” the letter reads. Rt.com reports: The letter’s authors also warn that the European integration project is currently more at risk than ever before, with high unemployment and immigration problems driving populist and nationalist movements. The EU must also come to grips with the fact that, last June, the United [...]
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