On September 12, 2012, President Barroso delivered his State
of the Union Address. His depiction of the E.U. itself can be regarded as blurry, and his notion of "political union" as being misplaced as something somehow not yet extant. Even so, he does manage to accurately characterize the epoch at the time in terms of the Union being in its development stage. He correctly labels this stage as decisive for Europe.
President Barroso talking with Angela Merkel of the state of Germany. NYT
The
complete essay is at Essays on Two Federal Empires.
