Is the European Union Completing Hitler’s Dream of a Super State?

In the wake of rising political centralization, a growing military agenda, and increasing regulatory reach from Brussels, some observers are beginning to ask a disturbing question:

Is the European Union, in some form, completing Hitler’s dream of a unified European super state?

It’s a question that sounds sensational—borderline conspiratorial at first blush. But peel back the surface and you find an uncomfortable series of parallels between Adolf Hitler’s geopolitical ambitions and the modern-day trajectory of the European Union.

Hitler’s Vision: A Unified Europe Under German Hegemony

Adolf Hitler envisioned a Europe united under the banner of National Socialist ideology and German control. The Third Reich’s goal was not simply conquest—it was integration, centralization, and the elimination of national sovereignty. Hitler’s plan was to erase borders, consolidate economies, and rule a continent from a single capital.

His dreams of a Grossraumordnung (greater continental order) weren’t purely military. They included:

A single currency (modeled after the Reichsmark)

Centralized economic planning

An overarching legal system

A common labor policy

A singular “European identity” defined on racial and ideological grounds

While the motivations were different—rooted in violent authoritarianism and racial supremacy—the basic idea of a politically and economically unified Europe is eerily familiar.

The EU Today: Integration Without Invasion?

The European Union is, of course, not a fascist project. It was born in the ashes of war, designed to prevent future conflict by linking economies and fostering interdependence. But over time, its remit has expanded far beyond trade and cooperation.

Today, we see:

A common currency (the Euro), which many member states cannot control independently

A supranational bureaucracy in Brussels that overrides national parliaments

Talks of a European army, with French President Emmanuel Macron and others calling for a military force independent of NATO

Shared legal frameworks, like the European Court of Justice, that supersede national constitutions

Attempts to enforce common digital IDs, agricultural standards, and carbon regulation, often at the expense of national autonomy

Each of these might be defensible on its own. Together, they represent a quiet but significant transfer of power away from democratic nation-states and into the hands of unelected technocrats.

The Shadow of the Soviet Union?

If the EU isn’t carrying out Hitler’s vision, then perhaps it’s inching closer to another historical precedent:

the Soviet Union.

The USSR began as a union of republics promising economic cooperation, equality, and peace. It ended as a centralized, bureaucratic machine, crushing dissent, manipulating markets, and reducing local cultures to cogs in a collective ideology.

Is the European Union repeating this pattern? Consider:

The erasure of borders in the Schengen Zone, once hailed as a sign of openness, has allowed for mass migration with minimal democratic input.

The suppression of dissent from member states like Hungary and Poland has drawn criticism, sanctions, and threats from Brussels for straying from the EU’s ideological orthodoxy.

The push for a common foreign policy and military, long resisted by skeptics, now seems to be gaining traction amid conflicts in Ukraine and fears over NATO’s future.

While the EU claims to be a “union of nations,” the reality is that sovereignty is increasingly treated as a problem to be solved—not a principle to be respected.

A Dangerous Dream?

We must be careful not to fall into simplistic comparisons. The EU is not the Nazi Reich. But that doesn’t mean it’s immune to becoming an empire in all but name. As history shows, grand visions of unity—whether under a swastika, a hammer and sickle, or a ring of golden stars—often come at the cost of freedom, identity, and self-determination.

Is the EU completing Hitler’s dream? Not in the way he intended. But it may be realizing a version of it—a powerful, centralized European super state—without the bombs and tanks.

The question is not whether the EU looks like Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union.

The question is:

What kind of Europe is it becoming?

And more importantly—

do its people still have a say in the answer?