Original post date: August 2011, Update: June 2016 Today, after so-called #brexit or "United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union", I thought it would be nice time to revive one of my old posts related to the European Union dated five years ago. I wanted to put my own thoughts to the test and see if anything changed within my political views and EU after half a decade... and just like I thought in the first place, I couldn't find anything more to say. So here they are—the same thoughts from before, only slightly enhanced with new images and small syntax corrections. --- Original post August 2011 ----- I read today a very interesting Big Think article regarding the European Union and the future of this big political project ( Europe Moves Towards Unitary Statehood ) , and I can't resist not to post a couple of thoughts about it. After all, I am living in Europe, geographically and politically speaking, and it would be at least a little strange to not have ...