Napoleon, Hitler, various people tried this out, and it ends tragically [...] The EU is an attempt to do this by different methods.
But fundamentally what is lacking is the eternal problem, which is that there is no underlying loyalty to the idea of Europe. There is no single authority that anybody respects or understands. That is causing this massive democratic void.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Napoleon, Hitler, various people tried this out, and it ends tragically [...] The EU is an attempt to do this by different methods.
But fundamentally what is lacking is the eternal problem, which is that there is no underlying loyalty to the idea of Europe. There is no single authority that anybody respects or understands. That is causing this massive democratic void." in the context of ""Boris Johnson: The EU wants a superstate, just as Hitler did" The Telegraph (15 May 2016).
• Lord Bramall, former head of the British army said of these comments: "Hitler's main aim was to create an empire in the East and violently subjugate Europeans. Any connection between that and the EU is simply laughable". In reference to Lord Bramall's comments, the then chancellor George Osborne, commented: "I think he said what needed to be said about Boris Johnson.". See "EU Referendum: Boris Johnson stands by Hitler EU comparison" BBC News (16 May 2016)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.