"United States of Europe"

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The term United States of Europe (sometimes called the U.S. or U.S.) is a name given to some theoretical scenarios concerning the further union of Europe and the creation of a federation of states similar to that of the US or other federal states. These scenarios came from writers, political scientists, politicians, geographers, historians, and futurists.

The Member States of the European Union have many common policies within the EU itself, sometimes implying a unique state. They have a common political service (European Commission), a High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, a common European Security and Defence Policy, a high court (Court of Justice of the European Communities) and a peace organisation (Eurofor). The euro is often called the 'common European currency', it has been adopted by 19 countries and is expected to be adopted by others in the future, and in addition, several non-EU countries have officially adopted the euro.

However, the European Union does not have a purely common government, a purely common foreign policy defined by that government and has no common taxation system. The EU has no constitution, however the Treaty of Lisbon, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, took the place of the rejected European Constitution.

The European Union does not include all countries in Europe and there is no formal plan to become a federation in the short future. There is also considerable internal confrontation with this idea in many Member States, but also significant internal support in others.

Geography

The debate on European unity is often unclear about Europe's 'borders'. The word Europe is often used as a synonym for the European Union, although many European continent states do not belong to the European Union. Russia, part of the continent of Europe, does not fall within EU enlargement plans. Although Cyprus is a geographically Asian country, it is one of the Europeans because of its cultural past. However, there is a strong debate about Turkey's future accession.

There was also intense confrontation over the potential capital of a united Europe. The seat of most institutions is the city of Brussels and is the only one that can be seen as the 'capital' of the European Union. For some this city is not accepted as the capital of a federal Europe, so they have proposed some neutral territories such as London, Paris, Berlin and Madrid.

United States of Europe as a possible superpower

Many assume that if such a federation is created it will evolve into a superpower and acquire equal or even more power from the United States of America. Some of the reasons people believe that is the large population,