2) Even within the EDD proposed by Beetz, would you agree that there would still be the potential problem of having certain State against some of its policies and opting out of the Union? If so, what exactly would be different in this case than it was with Brexit, which apparently is the main claim against which he offers his model?
3) Honestly, I think there's some "Star Wars" content in the article... How exactly would having a Senate instead of a Parliament make things better at all?