Let me tell you how I would reform the EU. I will write something longer on this, but want to test the main idea first here
Premise: the EU exists because European countries are too small and weak for global geopolitical and geoeconomic competition
Conclusion: the EU does not need a common budget or economic policy. It needs a common foreign policy
Method: create a European foreign minister or, better, a Foreign Affairs Council deciding by majority, with exclusive competence over foreign policy, such that, say, the French or German foreign ministers cannot make any decision except as members of that council
