Re: You are joking?
To bring together the peoples of Europe.
This is what is meant by a "closer union among the peoples of Europe". The Red Tops would have you believe it meant "Single Central Government" which was never the intention.
To help maintain peace and freedom.
And a really good way to do that is to get people of different nations to interact, free exchange of thought and ideas and all that stuff. This is the aim, closer social union, not closer political union.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
