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Plans for Political Union?

Latest comment: 8 years ago4 comments4 people in discussion

Hi - can someone knowledgable please elaborate on the plans for political union? Does this mean an actual confederation, or an EU style system, or something else?

Just FYI, the EU is *more* than a confederation, but less than a federation. —Nightst a llion (?) 10:15, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry - was referring to confederal states.

I believe the plans for the political union are based on the United Kingdom model where England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are recognized as one single political entity with a common parliament but are still individual states. Initially, the plan is for a rotational presidency. Falconsgladiator 20:35, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I noticed that there's also an East African Legislative Assembly (see http://www.eac.int/news_2006_03_ministers_sworn.htm and http://www.eac.int/eala/ ) which seems to be linked with the EAC. Perhaps it should be mentioned on this page? (I don't know anything about its activities or responsibilities, only that it exists.)

How would this political union affect the countries voting rights within the African Union? Instead of five votes, get one? Same with United Nations? And if so why would they want this? 98.28.114.217 (talk) 04:31, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

I believe that they're pursuing closer political integration in order to enhance and solidify economic integration and also due to cultural reasons because they share a common lingua franca (Swahili). They aren't thinking about the UN or the AU. Correctr (talk) 08:13, 21 April 2016 (UTC)