> the whole point of the EU project was to make us all "Europeans"
Constantly repeating the lie doesn't suddenly make it true.
Also, trying to force people who prefer to remain sovereign and independent (and maybe most of all: democratic) is not a good recipe for a future without "disastrous fighting between states and people".
>the whole point of the EU project was to make us all "Europeans"
Or rather that might have been the project of those in power designing the E.U., but it was never a stated goal or a desire of the people of the E.U. nations.
It was mostly bureacrats and technocrats making the decisions for this -- and it has had very undemocratic infrastructure and rules in place from the start because of that.
The prospect of a united Europe (which sounds rather nice when put this way, let's rephrase it, the prospect of an involuntary integration to a larger empire-like unit) was rejected several times by member nations in EU referendums (for the EU-constitution and such).
Constantly repeating the lie doesn't suddenly make it true.
Also, trying to force people who prefer to remain sovereign and independent (and maybe most of all: democratic) is not a good recipe for a future without "disastrous fighting between states and people".
Quite the opposite.