I think they project their worldview onto the EU. The UK is a collection of countries where the large country decides what happens. So therefore the EU is paint

I think they project their worldview onto the EU. The UK is a collection of countries where the large country decides what happens. So therefore the EU is painted in the same cynical terms. That's not to say that large EU countries don't have more clout, but the EU is not a Franco-German empire as some like to imagine.