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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Clark Garret Alvarez

'United States of Europe': Former French PM Calls for EU Powerhouse to Rival US and China

Former French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has proposed a smaller European federation with deeper economic integration (Credit: DHSgov/reuters, getty images, wikimedia commons, wlos news 13)

Former French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has called for the creation of a 'United States of Europe', proposing a new economic powerhouse capable of competing with the United States and China.

Attal unveiled the proposal on Thursday, 17 September, arguing that Europe's existing 27-country structure has reached its limits and that a smaller group of willing nations should move towards much deeper economic integration.

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