Agreed. We shoUld but we won't for a long while. We're not a nation even if it would be safer if we were. But see how young people vastly voted against Brexit. This referendum wouldn't have won in 2026 and there is hope for becoming one nation. 100 years?
OK, where's the central government going to sit? In Belgium? No, I don't the Germans or the French would tolerate that if they have to give up their power to act as nations and have their PMs demoted to the role of state governors. None of the member countries would either.
And who among them thinks anything like a Jefferson or a Hamilton? And which portion of the citizenry would even buy into such a debate?
And then there are all the language and cultural differences - actually still a problem for the EU.
Next thing you know, we'd have yet another war in Europe.