In his
book, Fed Up! Governor Rick Perry of
Texas provides a basis for viewing the states of the U.S. as equivalent to the
E.U.’s member-states. All of these states are semi-sovereign, as they have all
transferred some governmental sovereignty to federal institutions. This implies
that the E.U. and U.S. are commensurate. I contend that both are instances of
empire-level and scale federal systems in which the federal level is both
international and national in nature. This distinguishes both unions from
international organizations on the one hand, and the state governments on the
other.
