on of the EU is also permanently controlled by its government and the citizens of EU are distinguished from other nationals by passport. The existing government of the European Union has the capacity to develop and maintain social order internally , while being able to enter diplomatic relations externally . According to the principles of the Montevideo Convention on Statehood the European Union under current International Law has already met the criteria of becoming a state. From these and other current developments it can be derived that the EU is moving towards the idea of a federation or maybe a somewhat looser confederation. In conclusion it has to be said that there has to be many structural changes made before the current European Union can evolve into a federal state such as the United States of America. On one hand this development seems to be the right path in order for Europe to become one powerful global actor, both economically and politically seen. However the challenges that has to be dealt with are enormous. The difficulties of incorporating over 300 million people into one jurisdictional territory are not purely institutional, but cultural and philosophical. Whenever we think of the unified Europe, we tend project a likely and desirable picture of a federal state, in which economic prosperity, social security and political stability are the key elements. But is it going to be that easy?I believe that the member states of the EU, as of today form a very strong economic alliance, with strict rules. In other words, it is still the cooperation of the independent western urbanized societies amongst each other, rather than an independent federation that consists of member states. These societies are largely based on the historical and cultural development of their own. The MS are not on the same economic, political and cultural level in most terms, therefore can hardly be regarded as one unit, even the countries within thems...
