Sorry, but the EU was co-founded by France, the Netherlands, Balgium, Luxemburg, Italy and West Germany, when they decided to pool their coal and steel resources in the face of threat posed by the Soviet bloc.
That's the story according to the elites; if Americans are going to start believing elites, then they certainly have lost their character. The facts are quite different from the elites' story. The EU is Germany's baby; maybe you should read the treaties about it, especially the Treaty of Lisbon, which clearly illustrates the German character. (Why would the European Central Bank be on German soil, after all? And why is it necessary to impose the Soziale Marktwirtschaft by treaty? because it's in there.)
Sorry, but the EU was co-founded by France, the Netherlands, Balgium, Luxemb(o)urg, Italy and West Germany, when they decided to pool their coal and steel resources in the face of threat posed by the Soviet bloc