> the EU was meant to be first and foremost an economical Union/treaty area, not a political one That's a fudge that some governments (mostly British ones) use

> the EU was meant to be first and foremost an economical Union/treaty area, not a political one That's a fudge that some governments (mostly British ones) used to avoid blowback at home, knowing (or hoping) that their people would not get any information from foreign media. That's a lie. It was never the case. It was political from the very beginning. You should read the Schuman declaration.