The EU central government has it's problems. Too much power in the hands of political appointee bureaucrats and too much obscure procedure. But they are accountable to the individual governments and to the public. And the countries involved joined openly and freely.

The goal of the North American integration movement seems to be to avoid the 'problem' of public accountability and national authority. These are the people who admire the WTO's more or less secret court system, which in theory has the power to overturn the national laws of member states if they are contrary to business interests.

As far as I can tell, what they really trying to do is create a government where the only citizens are big corporations. One that will have access to American capital, Mexican labor and Canadian resources, without pesky national laws getting in the way.

Jay