Plans for a United States of Europe by 2025 suffered a damning blow today after a new poll revealed they have little support across the major nations.
German politician Martin Schulz - the former President of the European Parliament and domestic rival to Angela Merkel - promoted the plan at a party conference.
He called for a rapid development of the EU after Britain leaves, accelerating integration and leaving behind those who do not want it.
But the plan is supported by less than a third of people in seven major nations - and just 10 per cent in Britain, in a vindication of last year's Leave vote.
Germans are the most enthusiastic but even there only 30 per cent back the idea. In France supporters number 28 per cent, while several Scandinavian nations barely register support in double figures.
Britons, in a likely reflection of why they voted Leave, oppose the plan 90 per cent to 10 per cent.
Germans are the most enthusiastic but even there only 30 per cent back the idea. In France supporters number 28 per cent, while several Scandinavian nations barely register support in double figures.
Britons, in a likely reflection of why they voted Leave, oppose the plan 90 per cent to 10 per cent.
The findings were made in a huge YouGov Germany poll which sampled thousands of people across seven nations a week before Christmas.
Mr Schulz announced his plans for a United States of Europe by 2025 at an SPD party convention.
He said that once a constitutional treaty was drafted, it would 'be presented to the member states, and those who are against it will simply leave the EU'.
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