european union

In the Roman Empire, a number of cities - including those in my native Bulgaria, had their own mint. Before the Liberation from Turkish domination, Bulgarian cities such as Panagyurishte also minted their own coins. Since, due to the progress of technology, the distances have shortened...

Basically, what I'm asking is about something like the EU. I know there were decisions that could have been made that could have enlarged it, as well as other concepts for supranational unions like the Imperial Federation (and maybe Mitteleuropa?) You know, something with a common market...

The challenge should you choose to accept it is to make the East German state survive as a sovereign state keeping it's territorial integrity. It is ASB that the communist government would survive so what I am asking in the challenge is that East Germany can become a democracy, it can be a part...

I've been recently looking into EU law including directives and regulations as well as the history that lead to the creation of the EU, including the Maastricht treaty, the treaty of Rome, Euratom, and the EU's 3 pillars from 93' to 09'. One treaty in particular however that has peaked my...

Since Australia is regularly a participant in the Eurovision Song Contest, I wondered, what if it was part of the EU. What would be needed to make it part of the EU and what would the implications of Australias membership be both on the EU and Australia but also on the world? To make this...

Obviously this would need some major PoDs, but is it doable while also making the Union head towards federalization? I think to make it more likely for Russia to join, a few conditions would need to be met first. 1) making democracy survive in Russia 2) keeping it just poor enough to make it...

With a PoD of right after WW2 ended in 1945, how can we federalize/unify Europe the fastest? Please no meme answers like Soviet Union/France conquers all of Europe. Would making the Treaty of Rome be more far reaching -such as establishing a EU military (with the provision not to fight colonial...

What if the Franco-British Union wasn't as the it was proposed in our world but more on the lines of post-WW2 EEC ? How can it be achieved ?

So I’ve created this alternate map of West Asia for this purpose. In this alternative world, by 1992 and up to the present day, we are left with a ‘Christian arc' of independent states stretching from Ukraine to Goa. The rest of the world is exactly the same, albeit with a few countries losing a...

What if some ancient Assyrians went and settled deep within Central Europe before the first Persian empire even existed then they fully established a classic powerful ancient Assyrian civilization there with a classic ruthless brutal professional ancient Assyrian military? They were unconquered...

One of the reason EU was founded was so the nation's can help eachother out in relief and rebuild. In OTL United Kingdom is in a bit of a serious financial crisis after the WW2, with many cities in ruins, and industry in a mess due to bombing. Assuming French president Charles De Gaulle didn't...

So, the countries of Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary are welcomed into the European Union quite exactly four years earlier compared to OTL. What kind of effects could this have on the economics and politics of these countries? What could be the effects on the EU as a whole? The world...

In 2015 OTL there was speculation that Greece would leave the Eurozone. What if Greece left the Eurzone? How would that and Brexit affect the European Union? How would Greece reverting back to the Drachma effect the world economy? Discuss below.

In a TL where the last major war in Europe was the second Balkan war, would a more peaceful Europe ever conceive something like the EU?

After being vetoed by Charles de Gaulle in its attempt to become a member of the European Economic Community in 1962, the United Kingdom tried again five years later, only to be vetoed a second time by the French president. But what if something happened to de Gaulle (say he dies or is defeated...

In the autumn of 1985 serious consideration was given by the Conservative government to joining the Exchange Rate Mechanism, Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe, Chancellor Nigel Lawson and Deputy Prime Minister Willie Whitelaw were all in favour of joining but Margaret Thatcher was opposed and...

In 1965, most people expected Charles de Gaulle, president of France, to be reelected outright, without the need of a second round. This was the apex of the Trente Glorieuses ("Thirty Glorious Years") and most people were pretty happy with their lot in life, with the upheavals of 1968 yet to...

Found this picture of an alternate European Union, what do you think? (OOC: POD’s after 1945 please)

In our timeline, Cyprus is the only true presidential republic in the European Union, and, arguably, the European space more generally. I'm putting this in after 1900, but with any POD after 1789, make Cyprus a U.S. state by and in 2020.

Back in 1987 Kingdom of Morocco applied to join the European Community (precursor to the modern E.U.), becoming the 1st Maghreb nation to do so. After much deliberation, Brussels agreed that Morocco meets the criteria of joining the Community due to historic ties and mutual influence Morocco had...