Read the following passage and give the answers of the following questions.
The refusal of British to be a part of European Union (EU) with greater political unification is unfortunate. It does not mean that one European community with free movement of goods, people and ideas is redundant. Notwithstanding its economic vows there is no denying that the fundamental post-national ideal of EU has held Europe in good stead leading to an era of unprecedented peace and cooperation. There is a need to learn from the downturn is that currency union without fiscal union is flawed. The solution is greater integration and alignment of financial, political and legal structures of member states. The argument that Europe with its diverse language and cultures cannot survive as a union, doesn’t cut ice either. Just like the diversity in India, there is no reason why the EU cannot fuse into a political union. Having congruence in foreign policy, a ‘United States of Europe’ is the next logical step for the common economic bloc; and if Britain does not join, it stands to be isolated.