The EU and it's predecessor the EC was created in the 50s to stop Germany and France fighting each other after two world wars so all the rules are programmed to suit them. DeGaulle knew this when he vetoed our entry. Strasburg is a nonsense to placate the French. When we entered the EU we were seen as the middleman. As the EU grew so did the Brussels bureaucracy and as they took more power the UK reduced it's civil service that allowed the EU to give back some of our money in regional funding as the EU did throughout Europe.
The Euro was created so that Germany and France would become richer as other EU members had to buy German and French goods because cheaper good outside the EU face big tariffs. The euro has made southern Europe much poorer. British business knew how to work the system using cheap labour creating more jobs than anybody else.
The French closed the border to lorries recently trapping mainly overseas drivers this side of the channel. They were soon put in their place by Brussels.
The vaccine fiasco in Europe has it's roots in France wanting it's company Sanofi to produce the vaccine for Europe but their vaccine failed and they are having to change to produce the Pfizer vaccine which will take months.
I would say that the saying re covid nobody is safe to everybody is safe should mean we should offer vaccine to Ireland to keep up with Northern Ireland as free movement is still allowed between the UK and Ireland because of historic agreements but would the EU allow it. Ireland still owes the UK millions from the 2008 bailout so they could still buy UK goods. Germany sanctions loans via the EU so the poorer EU countries can buy German goods because cheaper goods outside the EU have heavy tariffs.
That's why I called it a protection racket. We lost the benefits of a club that rushed through a deal with China ignoring the human rights violations and Germany is the largest EU importer of Russian gas.
Where to start picking your drivel apart ?
You won get over it, should suffice for start , I think.
I can’t stop myself laughing so I picked couple of lies you spouted :
Brussels employs less bureaucrats than City of Birmingham.
Considering that the EU has 400-500mil citizens, that is a very good good deal.
Imposing tariffs is not protection racket it is a default position, if you trade under WTO rules without Free Trade Agreement .
Do you remember WTO ?
Yes, it is this same WTO brexiters love so much.
Btw- has any brexiter voted for being a member of WTO , its rules and its bureaucrats?
I think , not .
Countries , industries and producers based in EU , want to be protected by tariffs, in case cheap imports kills their business.
What is wrong with protecting its own people and livelihoods ?
Rules squared to suite French and German ?
Why 27 countries joined the block ( recently 28) + few more in EEA.
Nobody forced ANY of the countries to join. They see benefits of being in the club.
Enough said , I can’t fix what is broken , and your mind and world view needs complete overhaul, so I am leaving you to it .