User blog comment:Asdf Mapping/:(/@comment-24660975-20150509202000/@comment-6812733-20150509202609

Germany would never let any of the big members leave the union. Fourth reich is here. .

Anyways, in the 50's (or later, I don't remember), France didn't want Britain to join the pre-EU unions since Britain wouldn't be able to change itself to work together with the union rules. And then Germany and the other members (Benelux countries and I think Italy) ignored France's objection.