The Kalergi Plan, proposed by Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi in his 1925 book Practical Idealism, envisioned a future where European races would disappear and be replaced by a "Eurasian-Negroid" mixed race. This plan is cited as a foundational influence on the European Union, with figures like Angela Merkel receiving awards in Kalergi's name. The text suggests that this artificial evolutionary process was intended to create a more manageable, culturally homogenous population.