Quote Originally Posted by Furunculus View Post
no problem with this.



no, where the problem lies is in confusing means with ends, because of the threat of WW3.

the end was supposed to be peace-in-our-time, the means to get there was european integration.

now we get ever-deeper-union regardless of the fact that it is creating more cross cultural tension, not less.
Sorry, but i am not buying the idea that France and Germany are driving the deeper integration, because of mutual fear of each other. Preventing war between European powers might have been one of the original ideas of EU, but its outdated by now.