EU is the framework they had planned for the US. I feel we can learn volumes by observing events there.

As Germany And France Come Apart, So Too Will The EU

"So-called 'states' with:

1. no effective military forces

2. no control of their own borders

3. no control of their currency and banks

4. a government with a 'diverse' population in which the majority either has no loyalty to Berlin (recent 'refugee' immigrants) or has dropped its loyalty (large parts of Bavaria and Baden-Wurttemberg), and which is also losing the allegiance of the many eastern European immigrants in Germany. These people are among the most energized opponents of the 'refugee' influx.

5. Fast rising anarchy and lawlessness by the recent 'refugee' immigrants, and which is well known to the population, as are the official orders to the police to minimize crime statistics reporting by not opening official cases.

and

6. A mass media believed by no one due to the bald lies it broadcasts 24/7 daily about numbers 1-5.

...will soon cease to exist. This is confirmed by: ...."

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-15/germany-and-france-come-apart-so-too-will-eu