Membership of the EU, or fighting your neighbours?

[HOGEPH]

The EEC was formed in part to "preserve peace and liberty and to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe"

Just idly wondering whether in the long run, it has been cheaper for Britain to be a member of the EEC/EU, paying vast amounts into the bottomless pit of Brussels, or whether we would have been better off staying out of Europe, and occasionally fighting very expensive wars with France and Germany, as we used to do in the past.

[s2art]

HOGEPH said:

The EEC was formed in part to "preserve peace and liberty and to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe"

Just idly wondering whether in the long run, it has been cheaper for Britain to be a member of the EEC/EU, paying vast amounts into the bottomless pit of Brussels, or whether we would have been better off staying out of Europe, and occasionally fighting very expensive wars with France and Germany, as we used to do in the past.

Given the existence of NATO, and the 800lb gorilla that is the USA, it would be suicide for France and Germany to have started anything.
The EU has had nothing whatsoever to do with preserving peace in Europe, NATO has.

[unrepentant]

The EEC was formed for one reason only. To protect and subsidise French farmers.

[skeggysteve]

unrepentant said:

The EEC was formed for one reason only. To protect and subsidise French farmers.

At last someone who understand.

The OP asked:

"the bottomless pit of Brussels"

With that part of the question they have answered thier own question.