“Question - would that be a good thing, or a bad thing??”
The real question is would Europe be better off in the current regime or under, say, Emperor Charles V or another Habsburg?
I’d go with the Emperor.
The real question is would Europe be better off in the current regime or under, say, Emperor Charles V or another Habsburg?
I’d go with the Emperor.
No thank you. No emperor. I come from a country that fought and beat the Habsburgs. Don't think it would be a good idea for anyone to try to impose that regime on us. The best thing would be for the EU to break up in a reasonably ordered fashion, and then those countries that were interested could join the free trade organization EFTA.
Do I believe that is the way things will play out? No, I fear that our politicians will lean more towards maintaining the staus quo, and in the worst case they will try to go for another Habsburg empire. That would cause bloodshed and mayhem. The EU may have been conceived as a peace project (not really, but let's pretend), but it risks being the cause of yet another major European conflagration.
For once I hope I'll be proven wrong.