[satnhak]

Actually, the EU has lots of (probably) intractible problems. For example the closest thing it has to a constitution is the TREATY OF LISBON (the constitution project having fallen apart), which begins HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A...). Compare that with the US constitution that begins "We the People of the United States" and you start to understand how bad the situation for the EU is.

[mopsi]

And yet, the US seems much closer to absolute monarchy than Belgium with their actual king.

[GMoromisato]

But that’s my point. The US can act as a unified state whereas the EU often cannot.

The difference between “We the people” and “The King of the Belgians + 20 other leaders” is stark: one is united, the other is not.

No one wants Europe to be authoritarian, but it could stand to act more united.