^Once again people are confusing nation with country. Should the EU move from confederacy (today) to federal (USE) it will in no way mean creating a new nation to replace the old ones. Nation is more of a cultural concept and going Borg and merging all the European cultures is just plain ludicrus - I guess that's why anti-EU people often mention it when discussing a closer, more democratic Union.
The first reforms that have to take place wether or not we're gonna move towards a USE is incresing the democratic input in the EU - this is easily done by moving as much power as possible from the Comission and the shadowy Council of Ministers to the Parliament. Few EU citizens realize that most EU power actually lies with the national goverments! the CoM is where it's at, the Parliament is still sadly lacking in power. But any reform to change that and give the ones elected specifically for the EU level power over the EU is usually rejected on the grounds that it's creating either a USE (by left-wingers) or a new Soviet Union (by right-wingers).
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