&gt; Conversely, this is the reason for Europe&#x27;s clinging to socialism for the better part of the last century (homogeneous society)<p>Europe is a continent with 50ish countries and dozens of widely spoken languages. It is in no way a homogeneous landmass.<p>&gt; a melting pot of sorts<p>Which it has been since folks started invading, warring and immigrating across the continent thousands of years ago.<p>&gt; maintaining a Euro-centric identity will be far more difficult as many scramble to align themselves with a nation-centric identity.<p>There hasn&#x27;t been a dominant Euro-centric identity across Europe, however. Current trends in politics favoring the messages from conservative (or very conservative) parties is interesting news for the pundits to discuss. Different countries in Europe have been quite conservative and quite liberal over the last century, but they all are nations first (as is evidenced by how difficult it can be to effect change through the European Council&#x2F;Parliament.<p>&gt; A strong EU that leans to the right is inevitable<p>Unfortunately I&#x27;m not sure this can be concluded from the preceding arguments.