Is the European Union Coming Together or Splitting Up?

European Union Tower of Babel Poster

The BBC hypothesizes how the eurozone could reorganize or have some nations leave. While AFP and others report EU nations coming much closer together.

EU, ECB working up eurozone ‘master plan’
(AFP) June 3, 2012

The proposals being considered would include European institutions having more power over national budgets; a European supervisory body for the banking sector with new powers; harmonised fiscal, tax, foreign and security policies; and reform of social welfare programmes.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iNNUPriCTgCLenu-GmH1PBVaa4DA?docId=CNG.b7dce36355e4938d9b295fc7dc549e81.de1

All of the proposals currently being considered centralize power. This gives increasing control to their upcoming leader. The Bible, in Revelation 17, predicts this upcoming leader:

12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. (Revelation 17:12-13)

Giving the EU more over budgets, banking, taxes, security and social programs is how we see nations giving “…their power and authority to the beast.”

AFP reported that these changes will be applied to the 17 nation-eurozone first, most likely. It will be interesting to see how 10 major powers (10 kings) will be reorganized as Europe has more meetings to work on their ‘master plan.’

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Might German Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg become the King of the North? Could He Become “the Beast”? What makes the German Defense Minister a candidate?