The US has to recognise the new reality of a United States of Europe

Bush must face up to a rising power
The US has to recognise the new reality of a United States of Europe

Jeremy Rifkin Tuesday February 8, 2005 The Guardian [UK]

President Bush is scheduled to visit Brussels on February 22, and it may prove to be the most important foreign visit of his presidency. The ostensible purpose of the trip is to confer with European Union leaders. If it were any other head of state making such a pilgrimage, it might not even raise an eyebrow in diplomatic circles. But for Bush, the visit is potentially a watershed event.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1407979,00.html

Loved this bit:
{ …Over the next 20 years, the EU member states will establish a seamless transportation, communications and power grid, and create a single set of protocols and policies for governing commerce and trade… }