French Presidential elections

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It's called EU: European Union

I am well aware of what it is called, thank you very much. Europe doesn't need to be "unified" - every country is an independent, sovereign state and it should remain that way. You didn't quite answer my question though.

Yeah, yeah... the old us vs them tribal thing that humans still carry around in their genes...



I like the concept of the global village, where each person can go anywhere on Earth and live and work, without needing to deal with certain regions' claim on the person... where each region does retain it's individual qualities, most of them borne out of geography and climate, and can also easily interact with other regions for trade.
One centralized governmental body would make it oh so much easier to properly implement environmentally sound regulations, everywhere... no need to worry that the neighbor is going to be producing cheaper stuff because they don't have to answer to some regulatory body.
And a myriad other things like tax havens, exchange rates, etc etc etc etc....
Sure, some things would be more complex... but overall I think things would be better for the whole of humanity.