If only Ukraine could become the
51st member-state of the U.S., rather than the 28th state
of the E.U., given the veto of Viktor Orban of the E.U. state of Hungary on the
E.U. annexing Ukraine. Besides the inherent problems that come with relying so
much on the principle of unanimity in the European Council and the Council of
the E.U., mislabeling the prime minister of the state that chairs the legislative
committees known collectively as the Council of the E.U. as the E.U. president
not only marginalizes the federal officials, including President Von der
Leyen, who, as the head of the E.U.’s executive branch, can rightfully be
considered as the president of the European Union. In contrast, government officials
of a state chairing legislative committees can hardly be said to collectively be
the “presidency” of the European Union. Behind the promotion of this fallacy is
the anti-federalist, or Euroskeptic, political ideology that misconstrues the
E.U. as merely a network of intergovernmental relations between the states.
The full essay is at "Putting a State in Charge of the E.U."
