It's no longer a dream, you see how the strength of negotiating for the 27 with one single voice has great benefits for trade. You could see this not too long ago with the vaccine purchases from Pfizer/Biontec.

Look at the end of the day, it's obvious achieving great things as a continent would be faster if we all worked individually, however as the saying goes, if you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go together: By working together we are stronger.

You don't have to look far to notice Russia is increasingly trying to cause instability and destabilize countries and that China has the ambition to become next big-dog that US was before, while they both have entirely different values than the EU stands for. When the time comes, even now, the size of the EU and working together is something that brings us all not just benefits economically, but also stability and peace.