Perhaps you should look up the word "empire" in a dictionary, then tell us (not forgetting, of course, that the power of veto exists in the EU) how precisely you think an EU ""empire" could ever come about. Aspirational calls for such an entity have about as much credibility as the calls by extremist Islamists for the destruction of Israel. In other words, not a cat in hell's chance. As for a pan-European army, let me repeat for the umpteenth time: while the UK remains a member of the EU, that army can never come about. We've vetoed it. You're indulging in rather brainless and deceitful scaremongering. Finally, as for my analysis, at least I'm giving you one. There's no analysis from you, merely the chunderings of a right-wing blogger and unsupported links. You don't try very hard at all, except for your diligent and constant resort to confirmation bias.