> The U.S. is a single nation-state with a
> single currency and legal system.
The Eurozone has 300 million people. The acquis communautaire gets bigger and more comprehensive every day.
> They speak, what, a score of official languages among them?
Twenty-three. More work for translators, is all. Vive la difference!
> They all watch different TV, read
> different publications, go to completely different school systems, etc.
...vote for the same European Parliament, have pretty much the same social democratic systems, have the right to organize unions and vote in systems of proportional representation, have universal health care, watch the same soccer/Olympics games.
-- DRR