In a bid to go against the eurosceptic tide that is dominating EU public opinion, Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt has pleaded for the creation of a federal "United States of Europe."
Mr Verhofstadt, a liberal, on Thursday (1 December) presented his new book, provocatively entitled "The United States of Europe."
The work is meant as a "political statement against the current trend", the Belgian leader indicated.
In the book, Mr Verhofstadt proposes to break the deadl...
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