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>>22736
A nation is an ethnic group bound to a land, so a single european nation state is a contradiction. A regular state doesn't work either because unlike the united states there are 2000 years of culture that clearly define and seperate the countries making them incompatible as a single entity.
Also there is the problem or representation of smaller populations that have their own needs and norms which would otherwise be suppressed by the large powers (france, germany) as it wouldn't be "optimal" for a pan european goal. The only way a united europe could happen is if all previous cultural identiy was erased and a new founding myth established, such as a massively destructive total war with russia. Which I believe is what the EU secretly wants to facilitate the removal of the nation and be put under one rule.