Kennedy's Dream of the Two Pillars

On July 4, 1962 John F Kennedy declared that he saw a United States of America cooperating in the future with a United Europe.

Kissinger is discussing the future stability of this world in his book Diplomacy from 1994 by claiming that France nowadays in principle only have one option, to turn to the US. One can add to that that the historical option of turning to Russia is blocked by Germany which form an ever tightening union with this country, especially via the energy politics.

Before Kennedy, Wilson had tried to "liberate to Old World from its follies and to raise its sights beyond the nation state". It did not work.

I'm thinking of this because PJ Anders Linder the other day wrote in an editorial on SVD.se that "Europe lies beyond the EU". I don't know of course, but I tend to interpret this statement in the direction that the nation states are in again. I hope this is wrong, for everyone.