Agreed.
The original idea (mainly of France) of the Montanunion was to keep the germans at bay (these guys get naughty from time to time) to keep peace in Europe, though it developed into a recipe for disaster when they rained the Euro over a bunch of totally differently working economies. And lately they haven't really been doing a lot for peace in Europe (except maybe banning the murderous plastic straws and norming the minimum bending of cucumbers and bananas). I hear you can still sell totally straight formed bananas, but you have to label them as yellow coloured edible dildos.

I feel lucky to live in non-EU enclave in Europe, but I am pretty sure if the EU doesn't break into parts quick enough we will be assimilated into the collective soon too. On the bright side I could finally vote for the best party in the world: Die Partei.