What is United States of Europe?
[[File:European Union (orthographic projection).svg|thumb|Member countries of the EU]] The '''United States of Europe''' ('''USE''' for short) is the idea that the countries of the [[European Union]] (EU for short) will unite into a single [[sovereign state]]. It would be similar to the [[United States of America]] (USA for short). The USE would have much more [[influence]] (politically, economically, militarily, culturally, etc.) at the international level than an EU member country alone. It would be the world's [[List of countries by population|third most populous country]] with a population of almost 450 million people.<ref>https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tps00001/default/table?lang=en</ref> The economy of the USE would be the world's [[List of countries by GDP (nominal)|third-largest by GDP]] with almost 14 trillion euros.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/279447/gross-domestic-product-gdp-in-the-european-union-eu/ | title=Eu GDP 2021 }}</ref> Some critics believe that there will not be a USE in the near future because they think that:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.economy4mankind.org/vereinigte-staaten-von-europa-kritik/ | title=Aus diesen 6 Gründen werden die Vereinigte Staaten von Europa nicht kommen (Kritik) | date=14 December 2017 }}</ref> -countries do not want to give up their [[national language]] for an [[official language]] of the USE -countries do not want to give up their national identity -countries with a small population do not want to end up as federal states with little voting weight == References == <references/> == Other websites == * [http://www.ellopos.net/politics/eu_hugo.html Political speeches] by [[Victor Hugo]]: ''My Revenge is Fraternity!'', in which he used the term United States of Europe. * [http://www.signandsight.com/features/676.html ''Towards a United States of Europe''] by [[Jürgen Habermas]], at SignAndSight.com {{europe-stub}} [[Category:Europe]]