ECSC was a move for France to keep ze germans in check making sure they aren't building a ton of tanks, and for west germany to have a sense of sovereignty, way more than it was to create a "steel and coal community."DrunkFace wrote:
The EEC was thoughSpark wrote:
Surely you know that the EU was never originally envisaged as merely as some kind of free trade zone. The political integration thing was the intention, not a byproduct.Dilbert_X wrote:
The EU should never have been anything other than a trading block.
I can't see it going back though, too many people are having rich and super-comfy lives thanks to the Brussels gravy train.
intention of a unified europe was already underway, it's just the question of who's going to lead it.