[agere_contra]

For the benefits of free trade

Free Trade would have been nice. But the EU turned to be a anti-competitive quota union.

Think 'roach motel'.

[SuperLuminal]

"Free Trade would have been nice. But the EU turned to be a anti-competitive quota union."

Yes indeed... You are quite correct...
That was the long-term, albeit unspoken, goal of the EU concept...