It is already clear that "political union" will not mean a single European government.

It is the late 21st century, and the world has come under the control of a single federal government.

"There is not a single national government with a global environmental research organization," he said.

Even on old Earth, before the machines, no single government had ever managed to control the many peoples of that one small planet.

"Not a single democratic government would permit an armed opposition," he said.

He's managed to get the two sides almost to the point of joining in a single government.

For most of this time the Greeks did not have a single government or ruler.

As an international institution, it is not accountable to any single national government.

In ten years we could have a single government running this world.

A single government may well be tempted to hold the Union hostage.