I think you are the one telling stories to yourself. According to you, Concorde was created to tie the UK to the EEC, which UK was not part of. May I remind you

I think you are the one telling stories to yourself. According to you, Concorde was created to tie the UK to the EEC, which UK was not part of. May I remind you that the EEC membership was proposed to the UK and they flatly refused. Later when they tried to join, France denied their membership up until 1973. Concorde first flew in 1969. Parent is correct, Concorde was a first step towards Airbus. European governments knew that there was too many aircraft manufacturers and they saw the need for mergers. France and UK are the leading europeans aircraft manufacturers, that made sense to start with a franco british venture. Many of the Concorde staff later worked for Airbus, like Henri Ziegler, and refined the concorde technology.