That level of generality is too high. The whole point was to prevent Germany and France from going to war again as they had twice in the twentieth century and twice in the nineteenth century.
Promiscuous expansion made ever closer integration harder and less likely and thus actually hurt the purposes for which the union was originally created.
It's like when people complain about the Security Counsel and its permanent members. They are missing the point of the UN. It isn't supposed to be a fair body for global quasi-governance. It is supposed to prevent World War III.
Promiscuous expansion made ever closer integration harder and less likely and thus actually hurt the purposes for which the union was originally created.
It's like when people complain about the Security Counsel and its permanent members. They are missing the point of the UN. It isn't supposed to be a fair body for global quasi-governance. It is supposed to prevent World War III.