Eh, I am also new to this site...there seems to be some sort of error on the page, as I can't read what you post on the right side of the site: P
Seriously, what you've stated here is one of those scary EU things. They declare their wishes for more state power so brazenly, it's striking. I am currently working on residency here in Eastern Europe, and I see the singularity of the EU drawing the East in. I figure I'll be ejecting by then, back to the US.
Still, I don't see how a former military man considers his analogy sound. An army that centralizes all decision-making and solutions to an authority who probably does not have as much experience in the location as the regional commander, or possibly no experience in the military at all, is a recipe for Germany, er, military failure.
I am no expert on the EU's dizzying structure, but from the jist of what Behr stated, it seems that this is what he is advocating.