It has become ever clearer to me that a distinction must be made between “Europe” and the “European Union.”
One is a classical Christian civilization made up of many peoples and cultures with ancient roots and the other is “Soviet Union-lite” forged only a few decades ago based around hollow economic agreements.
“Europe” and the “European Union” are indeed two different things. So one can be for Europe and yet against the European Union.
The roots of the European Union are actually in the prevention of further wars in Europe. You know, Christian values, as opposed to WW1 and WW2 which were about as far from Christian as people can get.
Europe instigated two world wars before the EU was created. Europe was a mess long before the EU.