He sounds like a Brit who would have been among those who favored Hitler in the 1930s, believing “unity” in Europe was itself a top principle, on any terms.
While NATO “unified” western Europe in a security sense, beyond the “common market” the other political additions to the EU’s writ were neither essential or necessary except for centralizing political power, period, and zip, zilch, nada else.
Indeed. Always “unity” at the expense of freedom.
The EU was just another phase of the nations in Europe trying to dominate each other - only different this time because they all agreed to do it to each other simultaneously, and by agreement instead of war. Like always, won’t last.