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Guy Verhofstad könyvet írt az Egyedült Európai Államokról. Fö tétele, hogy az Euro-zóna államainak a politikai uniót is meg kell teremteniük. Ezzel végelesítené a kétsebességes víziót: az egyik körbe azok tartoznak, akik szabadkereskedelmet akarnak, a másikba azok, akik egységes politikai és gazdasági eröként is meg akarnak jelenni a világban.

Following the negative referenda about the European Constitution in France and the Netherlands, the Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt released in November 2005 his book Verenigde Staten van Europa (Dutch for United States of Europe) in which he claims - based on the results of an Eurobarometer questionnaire - that the average European citizen wants more Europe. He thinks a federal Europe should be created between those states that wish to have a federal Europe (as a form of enhanced cooperation). In other words, a core federal Europe would exist within the current EU. He also states that these core states should federalize the following five policy areas: a European social-economic policy, technology cooperation, a common justice and security policy, a common diplomacy and a European army.