>Except in many ways the EU was conceived by US planners to eliminate popular control and provide a negotiating partner for the US that could be dealt with as a

>Except in many ways the EU was conceived by US planners to eliminate popular control and provide a negotiating partner for the US that could be dealt with as a whole. Not exactly true. The EU was logical evolution of the common European trading bloc. One of the conditions of the Marshall Plan was that European nations had to xome together to receive aid and xould not deal with the US on a nation by nation basis... in order to foster cooperation and not repeat the horror of constant warfare that plagued the European continent for 1000+ years