One of the most interesting thoughts in The Anthropology of Democracy,
which is Professor Boros' new book, is the necessity of rising of the United States of
Europe.1Because in this form the idea connected to certain philosophical terms of
Jürgen Habermas, I will call it in my short contribution the Habermas-thesis. I
would like to suggest, that the realization of the Habermas-thesis as a constitutional
ideal is not a historical necessity, not even a realistic utopia, moreover, it is, at least
according to a Rawlsian conception of philosophy, not a desirable one.
In order to sketch the thesis and clarify how the status of each state would
change within a United States of Europe, firstly, I will make some observations
concerning the sovereignty of France on the basis of a conception of peoples
outlined by Kant, Mill and Rawls. Then, secondly, I will examine how it differs
from the polity of Florida, which
