I’m gong to go on record and predict the EU’s demise by the close of 2020. They will go kicking and screaming all the way. I can imagine them resorting to the threat of war against defector nations in their desperation to hold on to power, but these will be empty threats that will only underscore just how powerless they really are.
And with the passing of the EU, the first faint shadow of our benighted age shall evaporate!