The EU is protectionist, weakens democracy, removes decision making from the populace, is barely accountable, is mysterious (most citizens don't even know who t

The EU is protectionist, weakens democracy, removes decision making from the populace, is barely accountable, is mysterious (most citizens don't even know who their MEPs are, let alone how the EU government works) and is a paradise for lobbyists. It pretends (at least to the anti-federalist British) to be a big family of European nations, protecting human rights and stronger together than apart. This is the fantasy we are sold by our politicians. In reality the EU is a project to create a single European state. This is not hidden in France, Belgium or Germany, only in the UK. Also, the EU has created circumstances very friendly to big companies. The remoteness of the lawmaking process from the people makes it easy for lobbyists to have considerable influence over it. And the free movement of labour allows the mass movement of cheap labour from poor countries to rich countries, causing problems in the source and destination problems.