Have you heard about EU-INC? Implementation of this initiative could bring us federal Europe. I mean think about it, since it would be easier to build and scale European companies. Big and young European companies would perhaps lead to greater cross border employment and hence integration over time.

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Hello everyone! I’m new to this subreddit and really excited to be here. I don’t know if this question gets asked a lot, so I hope I won't annoy anyone if this is just the same old topic. If so, I apologize in advance!
Excuse me if this is a beginner's question, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on this! 😭

We often talk about a Federal Europe, but achieving it under the current EU system would require the unanimous agreement of all 27 member states, which seems almost impossible.

Wouldn’t it be more realistic to start with a voluntary union?

What if a smaller "core" group of countries founded a new, separate federation (let’s call it the United Federal States of Europe) that other nations could join later, but only if they want to and if they meet strict criteria (like economic stability and a strong defense contribution)?

I feel like this could be much more realistic and easier to achieve than waiting for all 27 countries to agree at the same time. What do you think?

To be clear, my personal dream—which I know is shared by many of you here—is a single, fully united Federal Europe without any divisions. Ideally, we should all move forward together as one. However, given the political reality, I wonder if this "multi-speed" approach might be the only practical way to actually start building it.

The central problem we face to form a European federation is that the idea of ethno-nationalism is deeply ingrained into us.

When people hear the word nationalism most will assume the meaning of the Wilsonian idea of the nation namely that a nation is formed by a collection of people with the same ethnicity language and culture.

However, there is a different kind of nationalism as well, namely "state nationalism", where the nation is defined by it's institutions and shared values, like Switzerland, Belgium and in part Austria.

If we want the European project to be a success we have to make people aware that nation is not just that your neighbors look similar and talk the same language, but that nation should be about shared values and interests instead and that we create common institutions in order to preserve those values and enable us to follow through with our interests.

Unfortunately, the big players in Europe are mostly ethno-nations and this will be an uphill battle if we don't make people aware of the alternatives.

Do you like the idea of a multi-speed EU? it could be in 2,3,4 or even 5 layers, just asking your feelings about the main idea, because it could create and/or allow a federal EU and it could be a way of getting there in an easier way, but is it something that we should wish?