Berlin is expressing doubt about the European Union’s ability to withstand the rise of nationalist parties and the pressure from the Trump administration. This unprecedented skepticism in Germany has raised fears of lasting weakening, or even the gradual marginalization, of Europe as it exists today.
Isn’t this a reason to keep 20 separate governments rather than merge them into one? The bigger they are, the more they tend to treat people as just numbers to be controlled and managed rather than real individual people.