> the political elite I'm not sure what this means. > in the major (remaining) EU countries, or it wouldn't be the policy, right? It is not some policy, it i

> the political elite I'm not sure what this means. > in the major (remaining) EU countries, or it wouldn't be the policy, right? It is not some policy, it is an international treaty signed by every current in the EU. This would be like saying that NATO is "a policy". By the way, the remaining countries are 27. 13 of those joined since the year 2000 and one left. > except for the currency integration which will never happen Yes it did. What a bizarre statement. > Try ordering an espresso in Berlin without speaking English. I live in Berlin. You can order anything in German anywhere. This is at best a gross exaggeration, at worse an outright lie. It was exactly this type of "fact" that was used to convince a lot of British people to commit brexit.