Analysis
16 Apr 2026
PromethEUs — Eiropäischer Think Tank
For a
Federal
Europe.
Europe's future isn't to be imagined but realized.
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27
Member States
440M
Citizens
The cost of fragmentation
What the status quo costs.
27
Separate national armies
No autonomous projection capacity against a peer adversary. A unified command would change the entire equation.
€120Bn
Wasted each year
In duplicated defense procurement alone — equivalent to an entirely new federal military budget.
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Federal European state
The only major world power without unified sovereignty. 440 million people deserve better than collective impotence.
Analyses
Our Analyses
Federalist perspective on European current affairs.
Our project
Three pillars to
build Europe.
01
Defense & Foreign Policy
Common Sovereignty
A federal Europe must speak with one voice on the world stage. A European army with unified command, a common foreign policy, and a permanent seat at every negotiating table. No more choosing between national interests and collective survival.
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Defense budget worldwide
If the 27 national budgets were pooled under a single federal command.
02
Parliament & Executive
Federal Democracy
Citizens must directly elect their European government. A bicameral parliament with real legislative power, a president with a democratic mandate, and an executive accountable to the people — not to national capitals.
Read our analysis440M
Citizens without a common government
Who cannot directly elect or hold accountable their European executive.
03
Fiscal Union & Investment
Economic Solidarity
A federal budget sized to the challenge, a common tax framework that closes loopholes, and a shared social floor that lifts every European citizen. Fragmented economies cannot compete against unified rivals.
Read our analysis+€3T
GDP growth potential
Via completion of the single market in services and capital, currently blocked by national fragmentation.
"Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity."
Robert Schuman — 9 May 1950