> EU member nations are countries with literally hundreds if not thousands of years of storied history, all with varied cultures and traditions. It is impossible to unify such peoples in as heavy-handed a manner as the EU without harming and even destroying the identities of those member nations.

The EU doesn't really "unify" all the countries in to one. The US federal government has significantly more power than EU parliament has in many areas.

I also can't think of a single area where I feel my national identity is being destroyed or taken away from by the EU. In what ways does it do that?