I really doubt that Europeans will be able to get along well enough in the next 50 years to build a unified superpower - short of some type of mass homogeniztion, which would likely come after a very large war.
Europe is historical the most violent and war torn continent on the planet. At the moment, we like to point at Africa and the Middle East as the violent places, but until about 60 years ago, it was always Europe.
A lot can change in 50 years... Just for fun, I predict another Russian superpower that incorporates a large part of occupied Eastern Europe.
I predict that the Western powers will occupy/annex most of Western Europe in one political entity in order to mitigate the Russians.
I predict a fall of the Iranian Islamic Republic and the birth of secular Iran that establishes itself as the dominant power in Central Asia. In response, a loose confederation of Arab powers will unite in a similar manner to the EU.
China and India will be regionally powerfull, but neither has a history of forcibly imposing their power outside of the particular spheres.... although, China has been pretty busy establishing power in Africa recently (Angola in particular). All in all though, I think they are more or less going to watch as Western Civilization destroys itelf.
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