Forward by Bob Barney: Readers of the The Plain Truth are well aware of our position that Europe will be the last great revival of the Holy Roman Empire. Herbert W Armstrong coined the term "The United States of Europe" in the 50's and was laughed at! It's going to happen – your Bible says so (if you know where to look). Now all we are waiting for is a worldwide depression and the emergence of another Hitler type and the end will be near.
BERLIN (Reuters) – Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Sunday called for the creation of a "United States of Europe," saying the bloc needed a common government to avoid future economic crises.
Schroeder, a Social Democrat who ran the country from 1998 to 2005, said in an interview with Der Spiegel that European Union leaders were wrong to expect the euro to drive the bloc on its own.
"The current crisis makes it relentlessly clear that we cannot have a common currency zone without a common fiscal, economic and social policy," Schroeder said.
He added: "We will have to give up national sovereignty." MORE>>>>>>>