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CMV: The European Union has no chance of fighting off Chinese and American influence unless it merges into a European Republic

I'm fully aware that there are hundreds of problems with forming a true European Republic:

a) Most Europeans are against it

b) The languages are different

c) The local politicans are afraid of external oversight

d) Minor countries will have zero power to change anything

e) The bureaucracy needed to sustain a European Republic will be truly enormous

I could go on and on, but that's really besides the point. My point is that unless the Europeans form a single and cohesive political entity with a unified army and government, they stand zero chance in the global competition of superpowers. It's a lot easier for the Chinese to buy off individual European countries (directly or indirectly) than it is for them to buy off a united country such as America. Even Russia is often having an easy time manipulating European politics for their own profit, despite them having a tiny GDP in comparison.

A single country with a single leader will have the world's highest GDP, the world's third largest population and the world's second largest army. It will be able to negotiate *hard* with their opponents, force down favorable agreements and completely ignore minor threats such as Russia.

I fail to see how Europe could do this otherwise and don't believe it will have a succesful future in our hyper-competitive world. CMV.
gpt
There is one major thing that hurts this idea. The UN. If the EU were to form into a European republic then all the member nations would lose representation in the UN and they would then get a single representative. 

That means that the 5 permanent members of the UN security council (USA, UK, Russia, China, and France) would be reduced to 4 permanent members (USA, EU, Russia, China) effectively cutting the strength that the EU currently has politically in half.