I think the EU is a fantastic idea but perhaps they need to scale back some of the integration. Free movement of people is fantastic as is having interconnected transportation and no real borders etc, but having a political and economic union that dictates the fate of nations seems a bit too far.
Following post is extremley opinionated, I just want to warn any reader that you might take offence. EU is a horrible idea that is even more horribly administered. I wish my country never joined EU, at least we're not in the Euro which is always positive. From the begining it was to reduce nationalism within (western) Europe and to, in the long term, reduce the risk of another pan-european war that escalates into a world war (after all within half a century europe was the breeding ground for two world wars). In the end it turns out to be a really beurocratic and slow machine which mainly manages to agree on teivial things, like standardising what curvature a banana or a cucumber needs to have to legally be allowed to be sold within the EU. Oh and on the reduce nationalism part hasn't worked out that well either, every two months the entire parlament moves from Belgium to France, because that's was a condition from Frances side since they started to feel sidelined. Further on the nationalism side, if anything, EU is increasing it. With increasing resentment between the greek people and the germans or Romanian beggars and every other state within the EU. Specially now when the economy is weak. This thing will crash and burn and it will not be plesant. Cultural differences within Europe are to big for it to ever work out. Only way this would work is with one conquering nation taking control and ruling Europe with an iron fist (an option that I personallly would rather not see).