Erm, granted it's not my...well, continent...
But how would that even work with respect to national sovereignty?
I EU Council I can see, everyone gets a seat or two and meets, I could see a way that might work...
But a president a relatively-strong political entity in democratic politics, stronger than a PM, generally (or at least so I'd argue) and that's one person...
How are all those EU states going to submit to one president (leaving aside the difficulty of how ANYONE could possibly be elected to such a post, I mean, wouldn't you then have a dozen-plus candidates all splitting the votes between the various countries, how could anyone possibly get a majority needed for legitimized power?) in any sense and still retain national sovereignty?
It's not like here in America, where Gov. Jerry Brown of my home state of California..."runs" California with the State Legislature, but ultimately is superseded by Obama in the grand scheme of things generally as Obama's the President (and besides, there are rights reserved to the states)...
That's a system with a state and federal level.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the EU isn't a federalized body, is it?
What's more, I somehow doubt member states will appreciate or accede to the idea of being reduced to "states" in a larger EU "nation," as it were...and again, how is anyone going to be elected to this post at all?
It's not as if Alabama only votes for Alabaman candidates and New York for only New Yorkers due to the party system (for good and for bad) it's essentially a two-party system with fringe third candidates that, however good their ideas might be, won't have their voices heard no matter how many Gary Johnson or Ron Paul supporters sound off, they just get shut out, but that's another thread altogether.
The point is, states here have generally voted in regional blocs (the South used to be all-Democrat in the Electoral College, now it's all-Republican, with the possible exception of Florida, which is a swing state, while the Pacific Coast and Northeast are generally Democrat states now where the latter used to vote Republican once upon a time) with a few swing states...
But with the exception of a few (ie, Texas) and for a VERY brief period of time, none of OUR states have ever been sovereign, independent states, they began as those famous 13 little colonies-turned-states as one nation and expanded from there.
European nations generally have hundreds if not thousands of years of sovereign history to them, yes?
How is THAT going to at all be superseded by a continental leader?
To play an old stereotype--true still or not--how would the UK vote for/support a President from France?
And that's just one example...and again, even if somehow someone was so charismatic as to be elected (HOW are they being elected, anyway, popular vote via the people--if so, again, how is anyone ever going to get even close to a majority needed for legitimate rule--council vote--if so, that seems to place an inordinate amount of power in that council and put the fate of hundreds of millions in the hands of a few, which seems rather unfair--or electoral college--and you just need look here to see how much fun THAT is) how would that even begin to work with respect to national sovereignty?
Granted, again, not my continent...but that doesn't sound like a good or feasible idea.
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