Interesting isn't it, how a central planning authority only wants to increase and increase its power for the good of all.

* That's the clincher and fear here.

I'm sure there's no historical precedent for centralized authorities to work assiduously to assume yet more power. Is there?

In a way, one comes to mind, but has to do with states instead of countries. :) That's a different story. We're talking countries here whose cultures should be respected. Really broad lines have to be drawn by the EU if it's going to work "for the good of all". It looks silly when they complain about the methods used towards success by one country when they should be learning from it instead.

Marcia