Former Italian Prime Minister Calls for European Federation to Take On US, China

Draghi said currently the EU was being treated as a ‘loose assembly of middle-sized states which can be divided.’

Then-Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi waves as he leaves the lower house of Italy's parliament after he tendered his resignation, in Rome, Italy, on July 21, 2022. Remo Casilli/Reuters

Former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has called for the European Union to transform itself into a federal bloc, akin to the United States, to adapt to a new world order.

“Power requires Europe to move from confederation to federation,” Draghi said in a keynote speech at the University of Leuven in Belgium on Feb. 2.